At least 181 people, including women, have been missing after two boats capsized in waters off Yemen, says the International Organisation of Migration (IOM). The boats carrying more than 180 migrants capsized off the coast of Yemen’s Dhubab district in Ta’iz Governorate on Thursday, IOM said in a statement on Friday. Two crewmembers were rescued, but More
The Afghan consul general in Pakistan’s Karachi city says 12 refugees have been released from different jails in Sindh province. In a video clip, Consul General Abdul Jabbar Takhari said the released individuals returned to their homeland vial the Spin Boldak-Chaman crossing. A small number of Afghans were still imprisoned in Sindh and efforts were More
In line with its repatriation campaign, the Pakistan government has asked Afghan Citizen Card (ACC) holders to leave the country by March 31. The Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Programme (IFRP) is being enforced since November 1, 2023, says the Interior Ministry. In a statement on Friday, the ministry said: “In continuation of the government’s decision to More
About 132 Afghan nationals have been flown on a charter flight from Pakistan to Germany, a media report said on Thursday. Deutsche Welle (DW) reported another 25 Afghan citizens, who were supposed to be shifted to Germany on the same flight, were not allowed to fly due to flaws in their documents. The report explained: More
Hundreds of families have been displaced by fighting between Afghan and Pakistani forces in Torkham township of Momandara district in eastern Nangarhar province and they seek urgent assistance. The fighting broke out intermittently last night and the night before, with Afghan officials accusing Pakistani militias of initiating the conflict and also targeting commercial and residential More
Forty-seven Afghan nationals, recently freed from prisons in Pakistan, have returned to Afghanistan, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) said on Monday. According to a statement from the MoRR, the individuals arrived through the Spin Boldak crossing on Sunday. A source from the Border Patrol Directorate of Spin Boldak in Kandahar was quoted as More
The Pakistan government has announced the launch of the second phase of repatriating Afghan refugees. In the second phase, Afghan Citizen Card (ACC) holders — numbering about 800,000 — would be sent back to their homeland, says the Ministry of Interior. Preparations have also been made to relocate legal Afghan citizens from Islamabad and Rawalpindi More
The United States has reversed its decision to suspend legal aid for immigrant children, once again authorising legal services for thousands of unaccompanied minor refugees, a media report said on Sunday. The Associated Press reported: “The Trump administration told the groups that they can resume providing legal services to tens of thousands of unaccompanied children”. More
Pakistan has rejected Kabul’s request to extend the stay of Afghan nationals living illegally in Islamabad and Rawalpindi, a media report said on Thursday. Last year, Pakistan ordered the Afghan nationals without documents to leave by February 28, 2025. They are thus left with a week to stay in the twin cities. Security agencies had More
Freed from jails in Pakistan, 91 Afghan nationals have arrived homeland via the Torkham crossing, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) said on Thursday. In a statement, MoRR said the freed individuals spent two to three month in the Haji Camp prison. They were released as a result of efforts by Afghan officials. “The More
