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
Afghan refugees who have returned to southern Ghazni province from Pakistan say they lack shelter and have been struggling with many other problems. Mohammad Aman, who returned from Pakistan some time ago, said that he currently lived in a shabby house of his relatives in Old City area of Ghazni. “I cannot afford renting a More
The Italian coastguard have searched off the coast of southern Italy for survivors or the bodies of dozens of migrants feared missing after two shipwrecks left 11 people dead, a media report said on Tuesday. With up to 60 migrants potentially lost at sea, the coastguard said it has been looking for “possible missing persons” More
Forced displacement surged to historic new levels across the globe last year, according to the 2024 flagship Global Trends Report from UNHCR. Overall numbers rise to 120 million by May 2024; conflicts from Sudan to Gaza and Myanmar are creating new displacement and urgently require resolution. The rise in overall forced displacement – to 120 More
