Abdul Rahman Rashid, the Deputy Minister for Professional Affairs at the Taliban’s Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation, has called on Afghanistan’s migrants in Turkey to return home “voluntarily, safely, and with dignity.”
In a meeting on Saturday, April 27, with Alaaddin Dovlet Olgar, head of the Turkish-Afghan Business Association, and a group of Turkish businesspeople, Rashid requested legal solutions to the problems faced by Afghanistan’s migrant community in Turkey. According to a statement from the Taliban’s refugee ministry, he emphasized “comprehensive support and cooperation” for Afghan nationals living in the country.
Olgar reportedly expressed a commitment to continue supporting Afghan migrants in Turkey.
Although Turkey has not pursued deportations with the same intensity as Afghanistan’s neighbors, it is nonetheless returning migrants. Meanwhile, countries like Iran, Pakistan, and Tajikistan are carrying out mass expulsions. Tehran has announced plans to deport 2 million migrants by the end of this solar year, while Pakistan says it will begin deporting 1.3 million more after September 10.
The Taliban has positioned itself as a partner to these host countries in the repatriation process. The group has been holding talks with the European Union and has previously negotiated with Switzerland and Germany regarding deportation procedures.
In recent days, Taliban authorities have detained hundreds of people attempting to cross the borders of Herat and Nimroz provinces into Iran without documentation.
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