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İran Emniyet Teşkilatı Genel Komutanı Tuğgeneral Ahmed Rıza Radan, Mart 2025'e kadar ülkedeki düzensiz göçmenlerden yaklaşık 2 milyonunun sınır dışı edileceğini duyurdu.
Radan, devlet televizyonu aracılığıyla Genç Gazeteciler Kulübü'ne (YJC) yaptığı açıklamada, düzensiz göçmen sorunuyla başa çıkmak amacıyla İçişleri Bakanlığı ve diğer ilgili kurumlarla işbirliği içinde çalıştıklarını belirtti.
Radan, bu yılın sonuna kadar, İran takvimine göre Mart 2025'te, ülkede yasa dışı olarak bulunan birçok izinsiz yabancı uyruklunun sınır dışı edileceğini ifade etti. Ülkedeki düzensiz göçmenlerin sayısının belirlendiğini ve bu bilgilerin İçişleri Bakanlığı tarafından kamuoyuyla paylaşılması gerektiğini ekledi. Radan, bu yıl yaklaşık 2 milyon izinsiz yabancı uyruklunun ülkeden sınır dışı edileceğini vurguladı.
1979'daki Sovyetler Birliği'nin Afganistan'ı işgali sonrası İran'a yönelen Afgan mülteci akını, ABD'nin Afganistan'ı işgali, iç savaşlar ve genel istikrarsızlık nedeniyle devam ediyor. Son yıllarda, Afganistan'daki güvenlik, siyasi ve ekonomik sorunlardan kaynaklanan düzensiz göçmen akını özellikle yoğunlaştı. İranlı yetkililer, resmi olmayan verilere göre ülkede yaklaşık 5 milyon Afgan bulunduğunu ve bunların büyük bir kısmının düzensiz göçmen olduğunu belirtiyor.
Eski İçişleri Bakanı Ahmed Vahidi, Ekim 2023'te yaptığı açıklamada, yasa dışı göçmenlerin ülkeyi terk etmeleri gerektiğini ve geri gönderilen göçmenlerin yeniden ülkeye dönmelerini önlemek için daha etkili bir mekanizmanın oluşturulması gerektiğini dile getirmişti. Cumhurbaşkanı Mesud Pezeşkiyan da seçim kampanyası sırasında düzensiz göçmenlerin ülkede uyuşturucu ve istihdam sorunlarına yol açtığını ve bu sorunu çözme taahhüdünde bulunmuştu.
Bu arada, İran, ülkenin doğusundaki Afganistan sınırına 930 kilometre uzunluğunda bir duvar inşa etmeye başladı. İçişleri Bakanı İskender Mumini, 6 Eylül'de yaptığı açıklamada, düzensiz göçmenlerin birçok soruna yol açtığını ve en kısa sürede sınır dışı edileceklerini ifade etti.
İran ile komşu ülkelere büyük bir mülteci akını olmasından endişe edilirken, bu açıklamanın ardından bölge ülkelerinin kara sınırlarında nasıl önlemler alacağı şimdilik merak konusu oldu.
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Türkiye’ye gelebilecek yüzbinlerce mültecinin bölgede endişeye neden olabileceğini belirten kimlikleri bizde saklı bazı yetkililer, bu durumun engellenmesi için hızla harekete geçilmesi gerektiğine değindi.
WE WARNING..! THE DANGER OF A HUGE REFUGEE INFLUENCY AWAITS TURKEY...!
Iranian police chief Ahmad-Reza Radan said in the next six months, some 2 million undocumented foreigners would be deported from Iran.
Speaking to the Iranian news agency Young Journalists Club in an interview on Tuesday, Radan also said security forces and the Interior Ministry were working out measures that would deport "a considerable number of illegal foreigners" over the long term.
When Iranian officials speak of "illegal foreigners," they usually mean migrants from Afghanistan. Iran and Afghanistan share a 900-kilometer (560-mile) long border, parts of which run through inaccessible, high mountain ranges. For over 40 years, Afghans have fled to Iran to escape civil war, poverty, and, now, the Taliban.
Many Afghan immigrants seek a better life in nextdoor Iran. Here, young men wait for midnight in ruins near the Iran-Afghanistan border in the hopes of crossing undetected.
"Afghans are cultivated people, but our country cannot receive so many migrants," Iranian Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni said in an interview with Iran's state news agency on Monday.
He also highlighted the difficulties people in Afghanistan face and pointed out cultural similarities with Iranians.
"We plan to handle these matters in an orderly fashion and without much fuss," he said. "Our priority lies with irregular migrants."
In May, the Interior Ministry announced that some 1.3 million irregular migrants had been deported to Afghanistan in the past 12 months.
The United Nations refugee agency UNHCR estimates that nearly 4.5 million Afghan nationals currently live in Iran. According to Iranian news agencies, however, the real number could be as high as 6 million or 8 million.
WE WARNING..! THE DANGER OF A HUGE REFUGEE INFLUENCY AWAITS TURKEY...!
While there is concern about a large influx of refugees to Iran and neighboring countries, it is a matter of curiosity for now what precautions the countries in the region will take at their land borders after this statement.
Stating that hundreds of thousands of refugees coming to Turkey may cause concern in the region, officials emphasized that rapid action should be taken to prevent this situation.
Many do not have a legal permit, avoiding registration out of fear of being deported. Many also intend to pass through Iran while trying to reach Europe.
Given their similar languages, Afghan immigrants can easily blend into Iranian society and keep themselves afloat with the support of other undocumented migrants. Many provide cheap labor in agriculture and at construction sites, where most Iranians are unwilling to work.
Meanwhile, many Iranian citizens believe undocumented Afghan workers have flooded the labor market and are a burden on the welfare system.
A heated debate over the high number of Afghan refugees has been ongoing for months. On a near-daily basis, the media reports on crimes, such as rapes and murders, allegedly perpetrated by refugees, or on the scarcity of basic foodstuffs like flour and eggs, or the infectious diseases for which irregular migrants allegedly require medical care.
Petitions calling for the deportation of Afghan refugees as well as countless hate posts circulate online.
People like Iranian journalist and women's rights activist Jila Baniyaghoob, an Afghanistan expert, who speak out against such hostile sentiments and point out migrants' rights or bring up their precarious living conditions can quickly become targets themselves.
She is one of 540 journalists, lawyers, artists, doctors and activists who signed a petition calling for solidarity with Afghan migrants last year.
The group openly questions what they say is an organized hate campaign against migrants and warns of the unforeseeable effects such populism can have: "For a long time, this country has suffered from an economic crisis and chronic mismanagement. Since last year, the authorities have blamed problems such as overpriced foods on irregular migrants. Now, they're under pressure to act and deport on a large scale. But they're hardly able to secure the border. Many migrants will return. This problem won't be solved with hate and blame."
In the past months, various cities across the country have seen massive protests and arbitrary attacks on Afghan migrants. Nazar Mohammad Nazari, a young man from Afghanistan, told DW that "tempers are flaring." He had hoped for a better life in Iran.
A man bends over an industrial sewing machine in a room full of fabric scraps and desks
Undocumented migrants are frequently exploited for cheap labor, such as Shahab, seen here, a former Afghan army commander now working in a clothing factory in
"I actually went back to Afghanistan," he added, explaining that "a few months ago, Iranians and Afghans got into a fight after a wedding and one Iranian was killed. Afterwards, there were arbitrary attacks on Afghan individuals. I didn't feel safe anymore."
Aside from such attacks, migrants are always at risk of being arrested and deported. According to media reports in the past week, Afghan descendants born in Iran, with Iranian papers and little to no knowledge of Afghanistan, are also being deported.
Iran is also building a wall along its northeastern border to Afghanistan, the spot where Afghans cross most. For now, the government is planning a 74-kilometer-long concrete wall, 4 meters (13 feet) high and topped with barbed wire. However, given the length of the shared border, many doubt the wall will reduce the number of irregular border crossings.
UYARIYORUZ..! TÜRKİYE'Yİ BÜYÜK BİR MÜLTECİ AKINI TEHLİKESİ BEKLİYOR
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