1 mn Afghans flee to Iran as economic condition worsens

Kabul: Over one million Afghans flee to Iran as the economy has collapsed in the war-torn nation. The immediate economic crisis, the prospect of long term Taliban governance - including restrictions on women and fears of retribution - has added to the urgency of citizens opting to flee from the country.
Aid organisations estimate that around 4,000 to 5,000 people are crossing into Iran each day. According to a report from October 2021 to the end of January 2022, more than a million Afghans have fled to Iran.
According to David Mansfield who is a researcher tracking Afghan migration “There’s an exponential increase in Afghanistan through this route.” He estimates that up to four times as many Afghans were leaving the country for Pakistan and then Iran each day in January compared with the same time last year.
The mass exodus has raised alarms across the region and in Europe, where politicians fear a repeat of the 2015 migrant crisis, when more than a million people, mostly Syrians, sought asylum in Europe, setting off a populist backlash.