How many refugees did Iran get from Afghanistan?

According to UNHCR, in 2020 Iran sheltered more than 3.4 million Afghans, including nearly two million undocumented migrants and 800,000 refugees. Iran and Pakistan together house about 90 percent of the five million Afghans displaced outside their country.

How many Iran refugees are there?

800,000 refugees
According to the latest figures communicated by the Government in October 2020, on which consultations are ongoing, 800,000 refugees live in Iran, of which 780,000 are Afghans and 20,000 are Iraqis.

How many Afghanistan refugees are there?

Afghan refugees constitute one of the world’s largest refugee populations with more than 2.2 million refugees — some 90 percent of all Afghan refugees worldwide — finding safety in neighboring Iran and Pakistan.

How many Afghan refugees are there 2020?

780,000 registered Afghan refugees
As of October 2020, there are 780,000 registered Afghan refugees and asylum seekers temporarily residing in Iran under the care and protection of the UNHCR. The majority of them were born in Iran during the last four decades but are still considered citizens of Afghanistan.

How many Afghan refugees did the US take?

The U.S. evacuated at least 65,000 Afghans, according to numbers provided by the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security.

Where are all the Afghan refugees?

Experts expect that most new Afghan refugees will flee to neighboring Iran and Pakistan, where hundreds of thousands of Afghans already reside. Tens of thousands of Afghans have scrambled to flee their country since the Taliban took over Kabul and much of the rest of the country last month.

How many Afghan refugees speak English?

English Proficiency Only 6 percent of Afghans spoke only English at home, versus 16 percent of the total foreign-born population. English proficiency also varies by gender and period of arrival.