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Afghan repatriations from Iran accelerating
Iranian Interior Minster Hojatoleslam Abdolvahed
Musavi-Lari on 6 March expressed the hope that some 400,000 Afghans refugees
in Iran will be repatriated "soon" with UN assistance, IRNA reported.
He told visiting UN High Commissioner for Refugees Ruud Lubbers on 5 March
that there are more than 2.3 million Afghans in Iran and, in view of the
jobs the refugees take, Iranian labor and social-affairs agencies wish
to see Afghan repatriation expedited. Possible refugee flows from Iraq
appeared to be on his mind when Musavi added: "Given that Iran does
not have the potential to accept more refugees, we do not intend to give
refuge to any more possible applicants in the border areas." SF
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