The US State Department’s office overseeing the resettlement of Afghans has been ordered to prepare for closure in April this year, a media report said on Wednesday. Reuters quoted a US official as saying the move could deny up to an estimated 200,000 people new lives in America, including family members of Afghan-American US military More
Freed from jails in Pakistan, 26 Afghan nationals have arrived in their homeland via the Spin Boldak crossing, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) said on Monday. In a statement, MoRR said the freed individuals had spent two to three month in the Haji Camp prison. They were released as a result of efforts More
The Ministry of Refugee and Repatriation (MoRR) says Pakistani police have raided homes of several Afghan migrants in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province. Condemning these actions, the ministry called on international organisations to continue their cooperation for the dignified return of Afghan refugees from Pakistan. “On February 16, 2025, Pakistani police raided the homes More
Panama’s President José Raúl Mulino has announced that 119 migrants, including Afghan nationals, were deported to Panama from the United States, the Washington Post reported on Friday. President Mulino stated that Panama received its first flight from the US carrying 119 deported individuals from various countries. This move follows the Trump administration’s decision to use More
Two UN agencies have expressed their concerns at Pakistan’s new plan to relocate Afghan nationals from Islamabad and Rawalpindi. A flurry of meetings, chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, recently finalised a plan to drive Afghan nationals from Islamabad and Rawalpindi or face deportation. Alarmed by the development, UNHCR and the International Organisation for Migration More
Pakistan plans to quietly move legal Afghan refugees out of Islamabad and Rawalpindi before sending them back to their country, a media report said on Tuesday. Dawn quoted sources familiar with the plan as saying that authorities had been instructed to execute the strategy without making it public. A flurry of meetings, chaired by Prime More
Pakistani authorities handed over 141 Afghan citizens, including women and children to the Afghan side at the Torkham crossing in eastern Nangarhar province. Bakhti Jamal Gohar, chief of Torkham Border and Transport, told Pajhwok Afghan News that 141 Afghan refugees were transferred to Afghanistan by Pakistani authorities. He said the detainees, originally from Kunar, Kapisa, More
About 91 Afghan nationals have been released from jails in Pakistan and return to their homeland, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) said on Monday. In a statement, MoRR said the individuals, who had spent two to 27 days in jail, were freed from different prisons as a result of efforts by Afghan officials. More
The German parliament has rejected a proposal to tighten immigration laws proposed by two conservative Christian Democratic (CDU) and Christian Social (CSU) parties. Guardian reported: “The bill was rejected by 350 to 338, out of 693 MPs who voted, including five abstentions”. The German parliament rejected the bill to tighten immigration controls brought by the More
US President Donald Trump will order the preparation of a detention facility at Guantanamo Bay for as many as 30,000 migrants, Reuters reported. Trump’s border czar Tom Homan said later on Wednesday the administration would expand the already existing facility, which would be run by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. “Today I’m also signing More
