Hundreds are being pressured to return to Afghanistan as Tehran tightens controls on immigration.
For many years, tens of thousands of Afghans – who’ve fled warfare and poverty and sought a greater future – have crossed into neighbouring Iran.
Tehran has largely been lenient in the direction of members of this neighborhood. However lately, Iranians appear to have grown uninterested in internet hosting them – and sentiment in the direction of international nationals has hardened.
The Iranian authorities has responded by expelling undocumented folks. These being pressured out don’t have any selection however to return to the nation they escaped from.
Whereas the Taliban authorities is welcoming returning Afghans, what sort of life awaits them, and what can the worldwide neighborhood do to assist?
Presenter:
James Bays
Friends:
Arafat Jamal – Afghanistan consultant of the United Nations Excessive Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Orzala Nemat – Activist for the rights of Afghan girls and director of the Growth Analysis Group, a UK-based consultancy
Hassan Ahmadian – Assistant professor of West Asian Research on the College of Tehran
