Overview

• The July 6 deadline for undocumented Afghans to leave Iran has passed, yet returnee crossings continue at Islam Qala and other entry points in Herat province
• From June 1 to July 5, 449,218 Afghans returned from Iran, bringing the year-to-date total to 906,326 displaced migrants and refugees
• United Nations and Taliban authorities report that emergency aid—covering food, shelter and medical care—meets only around one in ten returnees’ needs
• UN human rights experts say hundreds of Afghans and minority community members were detained in Iran on espionage allegations during the recent Iran–Israel conflict
• The UN warns that the sustained influx risks worsening Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis, which is already strained by poverty, unemployment and climate shocks