The Torbat-e Jam camp, also called Mehmanshahr,[1] is an Afghan refugee camp (officially termed guest city) in eastern Iran, Torbat-e Jam established around 1998, with a capacity of 10,000 people. The camp, as of 2016, housed 4,000 Afghan refugees on a 100-hectare compound of permanent brick housing, schools and clinics, and a mosque.[2][3][4]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 7,000[5] | — |
| 2008 | 5,000[3] | −28.6% |
| 2016 | 4,000[2] | −20.0% |
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres visited the camp in late 2008 and described it as " probably the best refugee settlement in Iran, if not the world."[3]
References
- ↑ "Mother country is best place of world". Iranian Students' News Agency. 3 December 2018.
- 1 2 "Iran, Afghan children's Peace and Friendship Painting Exhibition in Torbat-e Jam". Islamic Republic News Agency. 17 March 2016.
- 1 2 3 UNHCR chief visits, praises refugee camp in eastern Iran. UNHCR News Stories, 21 November 2008
- ↑ "Special on Afghan refugees". The New Humanitarian. 29 June 2004.
- ↑ "The forgotten people count their luck". The Telegraph. 8 October 2001.
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