KABUL: The Amnesty International has accused Iranian and Turkish border authorities of killing as many as 14 Afghan refugees in the last year. The UK-based NGO said it had reported the "unlawful killing" of 11 Afghans by Iranian security forces and of 3 by Turkish security forces, in a report titled "They Don't Treat us Like Humans" released on Wednesday.
According to the rights group, Afghans trying to enter Iran and Turkey to find refuge have been repeatedly turned away by security personnel. The report said that while Turkish border guards had improperly used live gunfire, Iranian security personnel had repeatedly fired at parked cars. The statistics cover the time since the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan in August 2021.
Since then, there has been a considerable deterioration in the country's humanitarian condition. Between November 2021 and May 2022, Amnesty conducted interviews with 74 Afghan individuals as well as five government representatives, attorneys, and other experts for the study.
Between March 2021 and May 2022, the organisation also found a total of 255 instances of illegal deportation. The host countries are required by the Geneva Convention on Refugees to refrain from sending back refugees to nations where they will be persecuted.
According to the agreement, Turkey grands refugee status to citizens of European nations while only providing Syrian refugees with temporary protection status. Numerous reports from other NGOs suggest that refugee status is also denied to Afghans in Turkey for the most part.
Approximately 43,000 Afghans have already been deported to Afghanistan this year, according to the Turkish Interior Ministry.
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