Iran/ Afghanistan - To Cheer Us Up .......

[Alex]

Iranian police chief Ahmad-Reza Radan said in the next six months, some 2 million undocumented foreigners would be deported from Iran.  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.

Deutsche Welle

Many Iranian citizens believe undocumented Afghan workers have flooded the labor market and are a burden on the welfare system.   On a near-daily basis, the media reports on crimes, such as rapes and murders, allegedly perpetrated by refugees.  Sounds familiar........

[dextrous63]

Hmm.  All too familiar

[Michael Rolls]

very familiar