Overview

• Iranian authorities report that they have expelled nearly 800,000 undocumented Afghan migrants since launching the campaign in March.
• UNHCR data show daily return flows from Iran jumped from about 5,000 to 30,000 after hostilities with Israel intensified in June.
• Tehran Real Estate Developers Association warns that half of its construction workforce were Afghans and the crackdown has led to suspended building projects and lower productivity.
• Some Iranian officials have accused Afghan migrants of serving as Israeli spies, a justification that experts and rights groups deem politically motivated.
• Humanitarian agencies caution that Afghanistan’s economic crisis leaves it unable to reintegrate the influx without major international support.