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Afghan refugees cost Iran $6m per day
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22-Jul-2008 (3 comments)

Iran spends 'some six million dollars per day' on Afghan refugees who have left home for security reasons and high unemployment rates.

Taqi Qaemi, the director of Interior Ministry's Bureau for Aliens and Foreign Immigrants Affairs (BAFIA), says the budget allocated to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office in Iran is so small that it does not even suffice for a few-hour stay of the Afghan refugees in Iran.

“The UNHCR bureau in Iran had a budget of $12.... >>>

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