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		otabdeveloper4 2 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: After ruining a treasured water resource, Iran is ... Iran has 3 million illegal immigrants, FYI. (Or had; they recently implemented mass deportations.) Immigration inflow is caused by lax border control, not by being a great place to live. No matter how bad it is, there's always someone worse off willing to try their luck.

pjc50 2 days ago [–]

3 million from where? Is that by any chance refugees from the collapse of nearby Syria?

e-khadem 2 days ago | [–]

Afghanistan [1]. Most Syrians ended up in Europe I assume.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghans_in_Iran

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