Iran deports 37 illegal immigrants
Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:46:42

Iranian police detain 37 foreign nationals in the nation's northern province of Gilan for illegally entering the country, officials say.

The illegal immigrants from Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Russia, and Bangladesh were immediately deported to their home countries, police say.

According to official estimates, Iran is currently host to two million illegal immigrants, 1.5 million being Afghans driven from their homes due to years of war and violence.

In the 1990s, Iran sheltered a staggering 4.5 million exiles from Afghanistan and Iraq, the largest refugee caseload any single country has handled in modern times.
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