The UN refugee agency has announced a partnership with the Peshawar Zalmi to promote the cause of refugee through cricket in Pakistan. The UNHCR announcement came on Monday less than two weeks ahead of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) Season 9, scheduled to commence from Feb 17. UNHCR and Peshawar Zalmi, one of the major More
A 60-year-old Afghan migrant has been killed as a result of blaze in Tehran, the capital of Iran, media reports said on Monday. Syed Jalal Malaki, spokesperson of Tehran Fire and Security Services Organization, told ISNA News Agency that the fire broke out at guard room on Sunday at around 3:46 am. “Firefighters rushed the More
Over 500,000 Afghans have returned to Afghanistan since November last year after Pakistan announced deportation of undocumented migrants from its soil, according to United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) on Friday. The UN agency on its Twitter handle wrote: “In Jan 2024, the number of Afghans returning from Pakistan surpassed 500K, More
Canada has evacuated nearly 320 more Afghan nationals from Pakistan to Halifax, the Immigration, Refugees, Citizenship Canada (IRCC) said on Tuesday. IRCC wrote on its X handle: “Today (Monday), 319 Afghan nationals arrived in Vancouver on a charter flight from Pakistan.” They will continue their journey to approximately 26 communities across Canada, including Ottawa, Surrey and Toronto.” More
The Ministry of Refugee and Repatriation (MoRR) on Sunday said 11 more Afghans have been released from prisons in Pakistan’s Punjab province. MoRR wrote on its X handle the Afghans had been detained by Pakistani security personnel due lack of residential documents. It said the 11 Afghans freed from prisons in Punjab province returned to More
Eighteen Afghans were among 1,929 foreign nationals who lost their lives in work-related incidents in Turkey in 2023, a report said on Monday. The “Workplace Homicides” report by the Health and Safety Labor Watch (İSİG) organization said at least 1,929 deaths in work-related incidents occurred in Turkey throughout 2023. It said 106 foreign workers included More
Canada has evacuated 319 Afghan nationals in a charter flight from Pakistan to Toronto, the Immigration, Refugees, Citizenship Canada (IRCC) said on Saturday. IRCC wrote on its X page: “Today (Saturday), 319 Afghan nationals arrived in Vancouver on a charter flight from Pakistan. They will continue their journey to approximately 26 communities across Canada, including Ottawa, More
Iran has deported 13,852 illegal Afghan refugees over the past 10 days, Iranian police confirmed on Monday. The Khorasan Razavi province border guard commander said: “Illegal Afghan refugees have been forcibly sent back to Afghanistan via Dogharoon border terminal”. IRNA quoted Sardar Majid Shuja as saying the Afghans after being found living illegally in Iran More
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has said that no promise was made to grant visas and residence permits to Afghan migrants in Turkiye, according to a media report on Friday. Anadolu reported that Fidan’s comments came in response to a parliamentary question by Deniz Demir, Ankara deputy of Türkiye’s main opposition, the Republican People’s and More
Iran deported about 520,000 illegal Afghan refugees from northeastern Razavi Khorasan province via Dogharon border terminal during the past nine months, Iranian police confirmed on Wednesday. Razavi Khorasan border police chief Sardar Majeed Shah told IRNA news agency that 520,000 illegal Afghan refugees were identified and deported via Dogharon. He said illegally residing foreigners had created problems More
