KABUL - The Minister of Foreign Affairs Salahduddin Rabbani has said at least 1,700 Afghan migrants have applied for voluntary return from Germany.
He was briefing the lawmakers in the Lower House of the Parliament, Wolesi Jirga, regarding the situation of the Afghan refugees.
Rabbani further added that a large number of the Afghan migrants want to return to Afghanistan and at least 1,700 migrants have applied to the Embassy of Afghanistan in Germany for a voluntary repatriation to Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, he warned that the government of Afghanistan will not accept the forced repatriation of the Afghan asylum seekers.
This comes as the Embassy of Afghanistan in Berlin, the number of Afghan migrants seeking voluntary repatriation has increased recently.
According to the earlier reports by the Embassy of Afghanistan, up to one thousand Afghan migrants have applied for voluntary return to Afghanistan from Germany.
This comes as a group of 125 Afghan citizens arrived to Afghanistan from Germany late in the month of February with the support of the Afghan and German governments.
According to the officials, the majority of the applicants applying for voluntary repatriation are between 15 to 25 years of age and majority of them are keen to return to Afghanistan since they find living in Germany in contrast to their expectations and what they had heard before travelling to Germany. (KP)