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Afghan child, victim of all circumstances

This is not a complete sentence, so it cannot be translated accurately. Please provide the full text for an accurate translation.علی کلائی

Ali Kalai

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The Afghan child, a victim of the ruthless teacher, comes to class. Their names are called. No one is absent! A 9-year-old girl who should be in class. A class in one of the children’s homes and on the streets. Afghan girls who are unable to study in regular schools in Iran. She is not a little girl. Her friends have lowered their heads. Questions are asked. The girl’s parents, due to government orders and their illegal status, have sent her to friends and acquaintances in Khayrabad and Ramin, and have gone back to Afghanistan due to lack of financial ability to support her. This means that she is deprived of education in the middle of her studies. This opportunity, which was provided for her by the efforts of civil activists and children’s rights activists in children’s homes, is taken away from her.
With the efforts of social workers, the girl returns. But how many other innocent Afghan girls have been prevented from studying in Iran

This is a caption.کودک افغان
Afghan child

The situation of Afghan immigrants has always been concerning. Last year, the International Human Rights Watch published a report titled “Unwelcome Guests” which declared the situation of Afghan migrants in Iran as deeply concerning and warned against the increasing mistreatment of these migrants by the Iranian government.

When we talk about migrants, it means everyone – women, children, elderly, young, small and large. In this report, the Deputy Director of the Asia division of the Human Rights Watch, Flim Kine, stated: “The violation of the rights of Afghans is a very important issue that directly affects the safety of approximately three million Afghans living in Iran. Afghans in Iran are very vulnerable and Iran has failed to fulfill its responsibilities towards Afghan migrants based on international laws.”

This means that at least until last year, we have been facing a tragedy in this area. That is more than thirty years.

The beginning of this text is true, but there are other facts that speak of the depth

This image shows a group of people sitting around a table, enjoying a meal together.کودک محروم از تحصیل افغان
Deprived Afghan Child from Education

Workers who, with one or two family members and aged around 18 and 19, took on these jobs. The rulers of Iran also remained silent on this issue. Every sane person knows and understands that the solution to such cultural poverty is education, even compulsory education for children. However, the irresponsibility of the rulers and their evasion of human responsibility towards refugees coming to Iran, despite all international laws and moral and religious principles (for a government that claims to be religious), did not allow for such a matter to be addressed.

Another very important issue should not be overlooked, and that is the fact that we Iranians did not welcome them either. The inhumane behaviors of many of our fellow Iranians towards Afghan immigrants have been and continue to be a problem and dilemma. Behaviors such as not allowing them to register in schools, as we saw last year in front of a school in Meybod, Yazd, insults and humiliations that can be witnessed every day on the streets of

Created By: Ali Kalaei
August 28, 2014

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