The Ministry of Refugee and Repatriation (MoRR) on Sunday said 11 more Afghans have been released from prisons in Pakistan’s Punjab province. MoRR wrote on its X handle the Afghans had been detained by Pakistani security personnel due lack of residential documents. It said the 11 Afghans freed from prisons in Punjab province returned to More
Eighteen Afghans were among 1,929 foreign nationals who lost their lives in work-related incidents in Turkey in 2023, a report said on Monday. The “Workplace Homicides” report by the Health and Safety Labor Watch (İSİG) organization said at least 1,929 deaths in work-related incidents occurred in Turkey throughout 2023. It said 106 foreign workers included More
Canada has evacuated 319 Afghan nationals in a charter flight from Pakistan to Toronto, the Immigration, Refugees, Citizenship Canada (IRCC) said on Saturday. IRCC wrote on its X page: “Today (Saturday), 319 Afghan nationals arrived in Vancouver on a charter flight from Pakistan. They will continue their journey to approximately 26 communities across Canada, including Ottawa, More
Iran has deported 13,852 illegal Afghan refugees over the past 10 days, Iranian police confirmed on Monday. The Khorasan Razavi province border guard commander said: “Illegal Afghan refugees have been forcibly sent back to Afghanistan via Dogharoon border terminal”. IRNA quoted Sardar Majid Shuja as saying the Afghans after being found living illegally in Iran More
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has said that no promise was made to grant visas and residence permits to Afghan migrants in Turkiye, according to a media report on Friday. Anadolu reported that Fidan’s comments came in response to a parliamentary question by Deniz Demir, Ankara deputy of Türkiye’s main opposition, the Republican People’s and More
Iran deported about 520,000 illegal Afghan refugees from northeastern Razavi Khorasan province via Dogharon border terminal during the past nine months, Iranian police confirmed on Wednesday. Razavi Khorasan border police chief Sardar Majeed Shah told IRNA news agency that 520,000 illegal Afghan refugees were identified and deported via Dogharon. He said illegally residing foreigners had created problems More
As many as 1.5 million people entered the United States illegally last year, officials say. The Texas state, bordering Mexico, authorised its police force to apprehend those who entered the US illegally. Local judges have also been granted the authority to deport illegal asylum seekers. Despite all these measures, the number of asylum seekers continues More
Five Afghan migrants’ bodies have been found on the Poland-Belarus border, media reports said on Sunday. The bodies of the migrants were taken to a hospital in Belarus by security personnel, Azadi Radio reported. A member of the Afghan Council in Belarus said the corpses had been in the hospital over the last few days More
Turkish police have arrested 69 illegal Afghan immigrants in northwestern Canakkale province, a media report said on Thursday. Anatolia news agency said Turkish police arrested 70 illegal immigrants including 69 Afghans and one Iranian in different areas of Canakkale province. Turkish Coast Guard also arrested 36 illegal Afghan refugees from a rubber boat in Ayvajik More
Pakistan has forcibly deported hundreds of Afghans awaiting relocation to the United States, alleges an America-based organisation. ‘Afghan Evac’ authority said on Tuesday. After the August 2021 political change in Afghanistan, thousands of Afghans left for Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, in the hope of relocation to the United States. The AfghanEvac, comprised of multiple More
