About 131 Afghan refugees have returned to the country after being released from jails in Pakistan, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) said on Thursday. In a post on X, the MoRR stated that these individuals, who had been detained across various parts of Pakistan, returned home this week following their release. A source, More
Iran’s Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi has said two million undocumented Afghan refugees will be gradually deported by the end of this year. Iranian media reported, quoting Vahidi as saying, that 1.2 million Afghans have been deported from the country mostly through the Khorasan Razavi border and two million more will be deported. He said: “According More
At least 26 people have died and 60 others rescued after two migrant boats sank off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa, a media report said on Thursday. Rescue services on Wednesday brought 60 survivors ashore to Lampedusa — 56 men and four women — Al Jazeera reported. Flavio Di Giacomo, spokesperson for the UN’s More
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has issued an urgent call for international support to scale up its response to the largest return movements in recent history of Afghanistan. Since September 2023, more than four million Afghans have returned from Iran and Pakistan, with over 1.5 million returning in 2025 alone. A further one million More
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) says nearly 300 Afghan refugees have returned to their homeland after their release from prisons in Pakistan. These individuals returned to the country on Wednesday, the ministry announced in a brief post on its X handle on Thursday. Citing Spin Boldak-based officials in Kandahar province, the ministry wrote More
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says 1.668 million Afghan refugees have returned to their country as of July 26. In a statement, OCHA wrote: “An estimated 1,668,000 Afghans have returned to Afghanistan in 2025, including 1,280,000 from Iran and 389,000 from Pakistan”. Between July 1 and 26 alone, approximately More
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has voiced concern over Pakistan’s intention to forcibly deport Afghan refugees holding Proof of Registration (POP) cards. On July 31, the Ministry of Interior of Pakistan said the legal validity of all refugee documentation, including POR cards, had expired on June 30, 2025. The ministry said that More
Pakistan has extended the deadline for Afghan refugees holding Proof of Registration (POR) cards until September 1, a media report said on Wednesday. On July 31, the Ministry of Interior of Pakistan said the legal validity of all refugee documentation, including POR cards, had expired on June 30, 2025. The ministry said that holders of More
At least 65 African migrants have died and 74 others remain missing after a boat capsized off the coast of Yemen, a media report said on Monday. Al Jazeera quoted, Head of International Organization for Migrants (IOM) in Yemen Abdusattor Esoev, as saying the boat, with 154 Ethiopians aboard, capsized off Yemen’s province of Abyan. More
The United Nations has called on donors to increase funding to support women and girls returning to Afghanistan from Iran and Pakistan. On its X handle, United Nations for Women in Afghanistan wrote: “The new Afghanistan Gender Alert calls on donors to increase funding for women and girls returning – often not by choice – More
