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
Iran deported about 40,000 Afghan refugees into western Herat province via Islam Qala port during the past two and a half months. Sayed Hazrat Agha, commissar in Islam Qala port, told a press conference that since the beginning of this year, around 40,000 Afghan had crossed the border and entered the country from Iran. He More
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says the number of people displaced by war, violence and persecution has reached 114 million globally. “Next month we will update this figure,” Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for refugees, said. “It will be higher. Since briefing the Security Council in October and warning that humanitarians were More
About 11,623 Afghan refugees returned voluntarily or have been deported from Pakistan and Iran during the past one week, the Ministry of Refugee and Repatriation (MoRR) says. Wesal TV took these figures from MoRR’s X handle. It said 4,742 people or 938 families returned to the country via Torkham and Spin Boldak crossings after being More
Thirty-two more Afghan refugees have returned to the country after being freed from jails in Pakistan, police in eastern Nangarhar province said on Tuesday. Torkham Interpol Police Chief Qari Ahmad said 32 Afghan refugees after being released from Pakistani prisons had returned to the country. He said that most of the returnees were children who More
