The United States has appreciated Pakistan’s decision on extending the stay of registered Afghan refugees for another year. Since the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, Pakistan has been hosting millions of Afghan refugees, with a surge in arrivals after the Taliban return yo power in 2021. In 2023, Pakistan launched a crackdown on undocumented More
An Iranian security official has stressed that illegal immigrants should leave Iran by the end of this year at a time when a video of the torture of an Afghan immigrant has sparked reactions in the neighboring country. Ahmad Raza Radan, a senior Iranian security official, told IRNA that illegal migrants should leave Iran by the end More
At least 30 Afghan and Nepali migrants have injured as a result of traffic accident in Serbia, media reports revealed on Sunday. The incident occurred on Friday on a highway near Bela Palanka, when a van carrying nearly 50 migrants veered off the road. According to MyRepublica, the injured individuals are men from Nepal and More
In an expected development, Pakistan has extended the validity of Proof of Registration (PoR) cards for 1.45 million Afghan refugees. At a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the federal cabinet approved the extension of PoR cards by one more year to June 30, 2025. On Tuesday, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo More
The government is expected to decide the fate of Afghan refugees residing in Pakistan, Dawn reported on Wednesday. Only 9,000 out of 70,000 Afghans, who had worked for the United States and allies before the IEA takeover, had been sent to a third country from Pakistan over the last three years. At its meeting later More
Pakistan has suspended the expulsion of undocumented Afghan refugees following discussions with the UNHCR chief. The Afghan embassy in Islamabad wrote on X Ambassador Mohammad Sardar Ahmad Shakib also met UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on Tuesday. It said Shakib thanked Grandi for his trip to Pakistan to assess the situation of Afghan More
Top UN and Pakistani officials have agreed to continue working closely for the provision of necessary assistance to Afghan refugees. UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi and Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar also conferred on implementation of sustainable solutions for the well-resourced, safe and dignified return of Afghan nationals to their homeland. The meeting More
Afghan and Iranian diplomats have conferred on the creation of a joint economic committee and protection of migrant rights. Ministry of Foreign Affairs official Rahmatullah Faizan and Iranian Consul General in Herat Mohammad Sadeghifar met recently on issues of common interest. At the meeting, Bakhtar News Agency reported, Faizan discussed the formation of a joint More
More than a dozen Afghans entered their homeland from Pakistan after being released from prisons in the neighboring country, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) said on Wednesday. MoRR wrote on X platform 13 Afghan refugees after their release from Pakistani prisons returned to Afghanistan two days ago. They had been imprisoned for lacking More
Amnesty International (AI) has called on Pakistan to immediately stop all deportations and take back its decision. On x.com, the global watchdog said: “This #WorldRefugeeDay, hear from Afghan refugees in Pakistan living under uncertainty since October 2023 when the Government of #Pakistan announced its decision to deport undocumented refugees from the country leading to harassment, More
