At least 12 undocumented Afghans have been released from jail in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, says the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR). In a post on X, the ministry wrote: “According to the information from the border department in Torkham of Nangarhar province, these individuals had been arrested for lacking valid documents. They were More
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has decided to release 42 Afghan prisoners from various prisons of the country, the Afghanistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said on Thursday. In a statement, MoFA said the UAE government had decided to release 42 Afghan prisoners as a result of continuous efforts of the Afghan Embassy in that More
The government of Iran has decided to impose fines on employers of illegal foreigners, including a large number of Afghans. Under the new regulation, an employer wound be fined 1.2 million tomans for hiring illegal foreigners, IRNA reported. Iran’s Directorate General for Employment of Expatriates and the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labour and Social Welfare said More
About 15 undocumented Afghans have returned to the country after being released from jails in Pakistan, the Ministry of Refugee and Repatriation (MoRR) said on Saturday. The ministry wrote on its X page the 15 prisoners had been released from different jails of Pakistan. It said: “Based on the information from Torkham Border Director in More
Stakeholders have been urged to join hands for helping exiled Afghan journalists deal with current humanitarian challenges. At a conference in Islamabad on Monday, speakers underlined collective efforts to alleviate the plight of Afghan journalists who fled to Pakistan after the 2021 regime change in their homeland. As many of them have already been resettled More
The government of Pakistan has given the go-ahead for extending the validity of Proof of Registration (POR) cards for Afghan refugees from April 1 to June 30 this year. With this extension, recommended by the Ministry of States and Frontier Regions, POR card-holders will enjoy education, bank accounts and other facilities in Pakistan. Chaired by More
Despite burgeoning calls for a halt to deportations, the repatriation of illegal Afghan nationals from Pakistan continued. Official data suggested on Tuesday 7,041 Afghan citizens left Pakistan from April 13 to April 22, including 2,967 men, 1,834 women and 2,240 children. As of April 22, 2024, the number of illegal Afghans leaving Pakistan soared to More
The United Kingdom’s Parliament has approved the plan to deport illegal migrants, including Afghans, to Rwanda, media reports said on Tuesday. Express Tribune reported British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ‘s latest effort to send some migrants to Rwanda finally won approval from Parliament early Tuesday, hours after he pledged deportation flights would begin in July. The government More
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has cautioned against the deportation and harassment of the Afghan refugees living legally in Pakistan. In an interview, a spokesman for the provincial government warned the expulsion of Afghans with residency documents could affect relations between the neighbours. Speaking to a private TV channel, Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif claimed all undocumented More
Pakistan’s federal minister for states and frontier regions (SAFRON) has called for the dignified return of Afghan nationals to their homeland. Eng. Amir Muqam issued the call days after Pakistan launched the second phase of repatriating Afghan refugees — an exercise that has fuelled grave concerns. Human rights groups and Taliban have repeatedly urged Islamabad More
