Iran Deports Nearly 900 Afghan Minors in 2 Months

Nearly 900 Afghan minors have been deported from Iran to Nimroz province in Afghanistan in the last two months, a local official in Nimroz said.

Sediqullah, 14, is one of hundreds of children who have been deported by Iranian security forces but whose families remain in Iran

He is striving to find a way to join his family again.

“My two brothers and parents are still in Iran, I have been arrested and repatriated,” said Sediqullah, an Afghan returnee.

“We ask the Afghan government to give us money so that we can go to our homes,” said another returnee, Muhammad.

“There was a problem in my family, to solve that, I decided to work to earn money,” said Edrees, an Afghan returnee.

Local officials in Nimroz province said that they are trying to find ways to return these minors to their homes.

 “The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs has signed several MoUs with different organizations to return these children to their homes,” said Muhammad Omar Zubair, head of the directorate of Labor and Social Affairs in Nimroz province.

It comes as the repatriation of Afghan refugees from Pakistan and Iran has recently increased.