The Iranian Commission of Internal Affairs has announced the development and review of a plan to regulate foreign nationals, stating that henceforth, no permanent residency will be granted to migrants in Iran.
The spokesperson for this commission added that under this plan, temporary residencies will include one-year, three-year, and possibly seven-year stays.
Valiollah Bayati, the spokesperson for the Parliament’s Commission on Internal Affairs of Iran, said: “According to this plan, there will no longer be something called permanent residency for foreign nationals in Iran. Instead, three types of temporary residencies have been planned: one-year, three-year, and possibly seven-year residencies. These foreign nationals will need their employers to guarantee them in order to stay in the country and work as a labor force.”
"Other Afghan migrants, whether those with residency cards or those with convention cards, should be able to benefit from this special plan that the parliament has mentioned, in order to resolve the legal issues of migrants,” said Mohammad Khan Talebi Mohammadzai, a migrant rights activist.
“Sometimes when we were in the vehicle going to work, they would stop us, take us off the vehicle, and take us away. They would either deport us or take us to a camp. Eventually, we would be freed somehow, but they would deport us again,” said Abdullah, one of the returnees from Iran.
"They used to give us documents, take money from us, and then say those documents belonged to the government, but their officers or soldiers would not accept them," said Amanullah, another returnee from Iran.
Meanwhile, the commander of Iran’s law enforcement force has said that so far, more than 750,000 illegal migrants have been expelled from Iran, and this number will reach 2 million by the end of the solar year.
He also added that over 500,000 illegal migrants have been arrested and expelled from Iran this year, and 250,000 people have voluntarily left the country.
Ahmad Reza Radan, the chief commander of Law Enforcement Command of Iran, said: "Illegal migrants will in no way be able to create employment opportunities for themselves or settle down."
Iran is one of the countries to which many Afghan citizens migrate, and according to Iranian officials, 5 to 6 million Afghan migrants live in Iran.
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