Iran warns it may tell Afghan refugees to leave country

[Kailash Kumar]

Iran warns it may tell Afghan refugees to leave country

2019-05-09

Squeezed by US sanctions, Iran on Wednesday warned that it may tell Afghan refugees to leave the country.

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi.

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said that more than 3 million Afghans are living in Iran with 2 million having been employed, IRNA reported.

He said that the refugees remove 3 to 5 billion euros annually from Iran.

The official added that 468,000 Afghans are attending schools in Iran for free, while each cost 600 euros annually. 23,000 Afghans are studying in universities with each costing 15,000 euros annually, he said.

In total, refugees cost Iran 8 billion US dollars, Araqchi said warning Iran might tell Afghan refugees to leave the country if it could not cope with sanctions and oil exports are reduced to zero.

http://www.1tvnews.af/en/news/afgha...-it-may-tell-afghan-refugees-to-leave-country

 

[LimaCharlie]

Iran warns it may tell Afghan refugees to leave country

2019-05-09

Squeezed by US sanctions, Iran on Wednesday warned that it may tell Afghan refugees to leave the country.

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi.

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said that more than 3 million Afghans are living in Iran with 2 million having been employed, IRNA reported.

He said that the refugees remove 3 to 5 billion euros annually from Iran.

The official added that 468,000 Afghans are attending schools in Iran for free, while each cost 600 euros annually. 23,000 Afghans are studying in universities with each costing 15,000 euros annually, he said.

In total, refugees cost Iran 8 billion US dollars, Araqchi said warning Iran might tell Afghan refugees to leave the country if it could not cope with sanctions and oil exports are reduced to zero.

http://www.1tvnews.af/en/news/afgha...-it-may-tell-afghan-refugees-to-leave-country

high time we do the same

 

[El Sidd]

high time we do the same

So you want to throw out the refugees from your country in Ramadan?

Do you speak Persian too?

 

[Enigma SIG]

So you want to throw out the refugees from your country in Ramadan?

No qualms in throwing afghans out of Pakistan. The blast on the 1st was perpetrated by RAW/NDS.

 

[Indus Pakistan]

Do you speak Persian too?

No, but Urdu. A language that aspires to be Persian. Try speaking Urdu without Persian words.

 

[El Sidd]

No qualms in throwing afghans out of Pakistan. The blast on the 1st was perpetrated by RAW/NDS.

Why are these critical bit of information only available on social media and not presented by the government?

The government has little interest in dealing with this situation anyhow and the true leader has previously hinted that Afghan refugees born in Pakistan will be given citizenship along with Bangladeshis.

So good luck i say but do not treat the refugees badly. Bad things happen to people who do that.

 

[hasnainfirst]

Pakistan might as well do it too ... refugees are a pain in the @$$

 

[Enigma SIG]

Why are these critical bit of information only available on social media and not presented by the government?

The government has little interest in dealing with this situation anyhow and the true leader has previously hinted that Afghan refugees born in Pakistan will be given citizenship along with Bangladeshis.

So good luck i say but do not treat the refugees badly. Bad things happen to people who do that.

Plenty of people disagree with that citizenship issue.
I haven't said to treat the afghan's badly; just escort them to the nearest border crossing and let them be on their merry way.

 

[ziaulislam]

So you want to throw out the refugees from your country in Ramadan?

Do you speak Persian too?

This will collapse the Afghan govt

 

[313ghazi]

Throwing out Afghans? What a surprise.

 

[El Sidd]

Any logical reason to why these opium addicted afghandus haven't been kicked out of Pakistan yet?

Because Pakistanis treat Afghan refugees as brothers. Only fascists blame the refugees for problems in their own country.

Plenty of people disagree with that citizenship issue.
I haven't said to treat the afghan's badly; just escort them to the nearest border crossing and let them be on their merry way.

The constitution actually does not agree with this either.

Afghanistan is seeing escalation in war and it would be against human rights to let these refugees be thrown in midst of war.

This will collapse the Afghan govt

Afghan government is only restricted to Kabul.

 

[Shapur Zol Aktaf]

Please direct our Afghan brothers towards Europe. I wish they reach Europe. Don't send them back to Afghanistan. Give each of them 600/700 euro to reach Greece/Italy and then North west Europe.

 

[zartosht]

Please direct our Afghan brothers towards Europe. I wish they reach Europe. Don't send them back to Afghanistan. Give each of them 600/700 euro to reach Greece/Italy and then North west Europe.

that's actually a good idea. if turkey can do it and get ransoms, why cant Iran? it should become official Iranian government policy to give them free rides to the Turkish border, and enough pocket money to make it to Europe

also it might be time for Iran to re-evaluate its drug policy. Iran has sacrificed immensely to create a defensive shield against drugs. only to be thanked by the euros by having their NGOs publicly condemn Iran for hanging drug smugglers..

 

[Mamadouso]

The Afghan refugees in Pakistan constantly act against the country. I mean even the EU nations would have expelled them by now if they were constantly chanting anti-state messages, harbouring crime & terrorist and stealing free electricity without paying taxes etc

Why is Pakistan tolerating this?

 

[Sineva]

This will collapse the Afghan govt

Exactly....the us backed afghan government.