Iran offers residency licenses to one million Afghan refugees

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Iran&& s interior ministry says it has authorized residency permits for more than one million Afghan refugees presently in the
country.Sadiq Rezadoost, Iran&& s Director General of Foreign Nationals and Immigrant Affairs of the Ministry of Interior, said that all
nationals who came to Iran after the political advancements in Afghanistan last year, or who were given papers in the past years, must not
worry since their documents will be extended.&& The home licenses of more than one million Afghan residents have been extended; Afghan
citizens ought to not fret, due to the fact that their papers will be extended after this date and the conditions for their go back to
Afghanistan have not yet been supplied,& & said Rezadoost
& A special residency card is likewise provided for those who are operating in this country,& & he added.Meanwhile, the authorities of the
Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations (MoRR) say there are presently more than 3 million Afghan refugees in Iran, which just one countless
them have residency documents.&& In Iran, we have approximately three million refugees, of which 2 million still do not have residency
documents,& & stated Abdulmutallab Haqqani, the representative of MoRR.&& The ministry of refugees has tried to get Iran to provide a home
permit so that they acquire all the rights for immigrants according to worldwide laws,& & he said.However, specialists state that Afghan
refugees living in neighboring nations are dealing with lots of problems and challenges.Recently, a quadrilateral meeting between the agents
of Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) was held in Iran in a quote to fix the problems of
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