The Ministry of Refugee and Repatriation (MoRR) says 50 more Afghan citizens released from prisons in Pakistan returned to their homeland on Thursday. Citing border officials in Kandahar’s Spin Boldak border town, the ministry wrote on X the 50 Afghans, who had spent one to five days in jails, had been arrested in various parts More
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has voiced its concern at the forced expulsion of Afghan refugees from Pakistan. The Federation announced it was supporting the Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) to address the immediate and longer-term needs of 50,000 people. Earlier, the government of Pakistan had asked all Afghans More
The Ministry of Refugee and Repatriation (MoRR) says 91 Afghans released from prisons in Pakistan have returned to their homeland. Citing Spin Boldak border officials in Kandahar, the ministry wrote on X the 91 Afghans, who had spent one to five days in jails, had been arrested in various parts of Pakistan. After receiving humanitarian More
The US Department of Homeland Security has revoked the temporary protected status (TPS) for Afghanistan and Cameroon, a decision that puts over 14,000 Afghans at risk of deportation. The Trump administration moved to end legal protections for thousands of Afghans and Cameroonians legally living in the United States, Al Jazeera reported on Saturday. It said More
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) announced on Thursday 192 Afghan nationals, recently released from prisons in Pakistan, have returned to Afghanistan. According to a MoRR statement, these individuals had been arrested and detained in various parts of Pakistan for lacking legal documentations as per information provided by the Border Police at Spin Boldak More
Hundreds of Afghan families are returning to the country through Torkham every day after Pakistan launched a crackdown on illegally residing refugees. The returning families complain the Pakistani police mistreated them and snatched their belongings. “We came here empty-handed, police snatched everything from us. They imprisoned our women and then deported us.” Amir Khan, 65, More
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) announced on Wednesday that 39 Afghan nationals, recently released from prisons in Pakistan, have returned to Afghanistan. According to a MoRR statement, the individuals were arrested and detained in various parts of Pakistan for lacking legal documentation. The information was provided by the Border Police at Spin Boldak More
About 4,000 Afghan families have returned to Afghanistan from Pakistan through the Torkham crossing over the past week, local officials in eastern Nangarhar province said on Wednesday. This return follows the expiration of Pakistan’s government deadline on 31st March, which required illegal Afghan migrants to leave the country or face forced deportation. Since the expired More
Pakistan has intensified a crackdown on illegal migrants, deporting around 1,100 Afghans via the Torkham crossing over the past 24 hours, officials say. Eighty-five percent of the deportees were Afghan nationals arrested in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, as well as other cities of Punjab province. Khyber Deputy Commissioner Bilal Shahid Rao said the Punjab government had More
So far only a few Afghan families have returned to the country from Pakistan, the Refugee and Repatriation Department in eastern Nangarhar province has assured full preparations to handle possible influx of refugees. Refugee and Repatriation Director Baz Mohammad Abdul Rahman held an emergency meeting to coordinate the repatriation process today (Saturday). He told Pajhwok More
