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
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
