Afghan refugees in Tajikistan fined

It is reported that the Ministry of Internal Affairs did not deport refugees.

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The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan fined 29 citizens of Afghanistan for violating residence rules in the republic.

“We have drawn up administrative protocols and imposed fines on the violators. They will be fined depending on their actions, and the amount of the fine also depends on their actions,” the Ministry of Internal Affairs stated.

It was previously reported that the authorities of Tajikistan deported more than 200 Afghan refugees from Tajikistan.

At that time, Afghan refugees reported that they were detained on the streets and in their own homes and taken to the Afghan border. According to the refugees, police and GKNB officers often detain refugees, take them directly to the border, and deport them to Afghanistan.

After the publication of these reports, the representative of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in Tajikistan, Mulugheta Zevdi, met with Tajik authorities. In his statement, he also expressed concern about the situation and urged the authorities of Tajikistan not to deport Afghan refugees.

Amid reports of the deportation of Afghan refugees, UN Secretary-General António Guterres also spoke by phone with Rahmon twice. Experts believe that the main topic of the conversations was the situation of Afghan refugees in Tajikistan.

The number of Afghan refugees sharply increased after the fall of Kabul and the rise to power of the Taliban, reaching up to 10,000 according to some reports, but today, unofficial data suggests that only 3-4 thousand refugees remain.