About 325 Afghan refugees returned from Turkey to their homeland in the past two days, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations (MoRR) announced on Sunday. On X, MoRR wrote 325 legal and illegal Afghan refugees had been deported and landed in their country on November 8 and 9. Deputy Minister of Refugees Maulvi Abdul Rahman More
Explosions and gunfire hit Afghan migrants at the Iran-Pakistan border, suggests preliminary investigations by the Taliban. It said two dead bodies and 34 eyewitnesses, including some injured individuals, had been transferred to the country so far. On October 15, an Iran-based human rights organisation claimed Iranian border guards shot dead a large number of Afghan More
The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has called for an investigation into reports that a large group of Afghan migrants had been shot and killed on the Afghanistan-Iran border. In a statement, UNAMA expressed “deep concern over disturbing reports of an incident on 14 to 15 October in Sistan province, Sarbaz district, Kala Gan More
Fifteen Afghan refugees, including children, have been released from the custody of the Pakistani police in Karachi, Pakistan, a statement said on Friday. In a statement, the Afghan Consulate in Karachi said that 15 Afghans, including children, were released from police custody in Machko district of Karachi, Pakistan. Afghan refugees have been released with the More
An Iran-based human rights organisation claims Iranian border guards have shot dead a large number of Afghan migrants near the Kulgon border area of Saravan city. Haalvsh, citing two eyewitnesses, reported that at least 260 Afghan migrants were killed while attempting to cross into Iran. However, this event has not yet been confirmed by other More
UN refugee agency chief Filippo Grandi says more than 123 million people around the world are now displaced due to war, repression, poverty and climate change. Addressing more than 100 diplomats and ministers in Geneva at UNHCR’s annual meeting, Filippo Grandi said strict measures by some countries to control their borders were no solution to More
Another three Afghans have returned to the country after their release from jails in Iraq, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) said on Tuesday. MoRR reported the three individuals were freed from police custody following efforts by the Afghan Embassy there. It said these Afghans spent up to six months in prisons of Iraq More
On August 15, 2021, Kabul fell—with it, the hopes of an entire press corps. This is the untold story of Afghan journalists, forced to flee the only home they knew, battling fear and persecution in search of freedom. The fall of Kabul on August 15, 2021, marked not just the collapse of the Afghan Republic More
At least four Afghans and an unspecified number of other migrants have died while attempting to cross the English Channel into Britain, media reports said on Tuesday. VOA reported the migrants were trying to cross the English Channel from France into the UK when their boat sank due to engine failure. French Interior Minister Bruno More
Iran has deported as many as 750,000 undocumented refugees either voluntarily or forcibly to their countries. Iranian officials emphasize on the expulsion of illegal refugees from the country and say there will be no longer permanent residence for foreign citizens in Iran. Earlier, Iranian police chief Ahmad-Reza Radan had said about two million undocumented foreigners More
