The International Crisis Group (ICG) has called on the European Union (EU) and its member states to pressure Pakistan to stop the forcible expulsion of Afghan refugees, regardless of their legal status. In its Watch List 2025 – Spring Update, the ICG outlines ways the EU can help mitigate the impact of these expulsions. It More
Supporting the Afghans returning to their homeland from Pakistan, the UN’s refugee agency has voiced concern at funding cuts. Since September 2023, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) says more than three million Afghans have returned to their homeland from neighbouring countries. These Afghans were either deported or left out of fear of arrest after More
Pakistan has expelled more than 1.3 million Afghan refugees in a deportation drive launched in November 2023, the Express Tribune reported. Parliamentary Secretary Mukhtar Ahmad Malik said around three million Afghan refugees were residing in Pakistan. “Of these, 813,000 hold Afghan Citizen Cards (ACC) while 1.3 million possess Proof of Registration (PoR) cards,” he was More
More than 128,000 Afghan returning refugees have been registered in just past 42 days, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Wednesday. The deadline set for the deportation of Afghan refugees in Pakistan expired on March 31. Now, Afghan families in large numbers are being forcibly deported from Pakistan on a daily basis. On More
The temporary protected status (TPS) for Afghans in the United States will be e terminated on July 12, a Trump administration official says. Citing notable improvements in Afghanistan, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem said on Monday conditions no longer met statutory requirements. In a statement reported by The Washington Post, she saidL More
Following a sharp increase in the number of Afghan refugees returning from Pakistan, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and partners on Tuesday launched an appeal to scale up urgently needed support at crossing points and neighbouring areas. They launched the appeal as 109,891 Afghan refugees returned to the country between 3 April and 3 More
The Afghan Women Activists’ Coordinating Body (AWACB), representing thousands of Afghan women globally, has issued a strong condemnation in response to reports suggesting Switzerland may consider deporting Pashtun Afghans to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan based solely on their ethnic identity. In a statement released today, AWACB expressed deep alarm and outrage over the circulating rumours, warning that More
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) says 104 more Afghan citizens have returned to their homeland after being freed from prisons in Pakistan. The ministry, citing border officials in Kandahar’s Spin Boldak town, wrote on X the 104 Afghans, who spent one to 15 days in jails, had been arrested in various parts of More
More than 150 Afghan nationals have returned from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Kohat district, getting free transportation from the government. The Afghan citizens returned from refugee camps in the garrison town, Dawn quoted a local official as saying, as the repatriation process tends to slow down. Well-off Afghans were reluctant to leave their well-established businesses, the official More
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) says 58 more Afghan citizens have returned to their homeland after being freed from prisons in Pakistan. The ministry, citing border officials in Kandahar’s Spin Boldak town, wrote on X the 58 Afghans, who spent one to five days in jails, had been arrested in various parts of More
