The Tehran Education Department has recently announced that migrant students holding census papers and return documents to Afghanistan will not be able to enroll for the 1404 academic year.
Iranian media reported that all Afghan students with census papers have been deprived of education in the schools of the Islamic Republic.
Yousef Baharlu, the director general of education for the districts of Tehran, has instructed school officials to refrain from enrolling migrant students who possess census papers and exit documents.
He further requested that school administrators do not refer the parents of these students to the education department.
Reports indicate that around two million Afghan migrants in Iran hold census papers.
Nader Yarahmadi, head of the Iranian Center for Migrant Affairs, previously announced that 610,317 migrant students are currently receiving education in the schools of this country.
However, this Iranian official did not clarify how many of these students possess census papers and return documents to Afghanistan.
It should be noted that many Afghan students in Iran have been deprived of continuing their education.
This comes at a time when many Afghan families have migrated to Iran for their children’s education following the current government’s ban on girls’ education in Afghanistan.
It is worth mentioning that Iran has been hosting millions of Afghans for years.
In recent months, this country has begun the process of forcibly deporting Afghan citizens.
Following the takeover of the current government in August 2021, a number of Afghan citizens, including protesting women, women’s rights activists, former military personnel, and journalists, migrated to various countries, including Iran.
