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
As many as 1.5 million people entered the United States illegally last year, officials say. The Texas state, bordering Mexico, authorised its police force to apprehend those who entered the US illegally. Local judges have also been granted the authority to deport illegal asylum seekers. Despite all these measures, the number of asylum seekers continues More
Five Afghan migrants’ bodies have been found on the Poland-Belarus border, media reports said on Sunday. The bodies of the migrants were taken to a hospital in Belarus by security personnel, Azadi Radio reported. A member of the Afghan Council in Belarus said the corpses had been in the hospital over the last few days More
Turkish police have arrested 69 illegal Afghan immigrants in northwestern Canakkale province, a media report said on Thursday. Anatolia news agency said Turkish police arrested 70 illegal immigrants including 69 Afghans and one Iranian in different areas of Canakkale province. Turkish Coast Guard also arrested 36 illegal Afghan refugees from a rubber boat in Ayvajik More
Pakistan has forcibly deported hundreds of Afghans awaiting relocation to the United States, alleges an America-based organisation. ‘Afghan Evac’ authority said on Tuesday. After the August 2021 political change in Afghanistan, thousands of Afghans left for Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, in the hope of relocation to the United States. The AfghanEvac, comprised of multiple More
The Pakistani government has announced that undocumented Afghans awaiting paperwork to resettle to a third country will be allowed to stay in Pakistan for two more months, according to a media report on Friday. The extension of the deadline on Wednesday from the end of this year to February 29 comes amid Pakistan’s drive to More
Canada evacuated 345 Afghan nationals in a charter flight from Pakistan to Toronto, The Canadian Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship authority said on Friday. “Today, 345 Afghan nationals arrived in Toronto on a charter flight from Pakistan. They will continue their journey to approximately 47 communities across Canada, including Edmonton, St. John’s and Winnipeg. Canada has More
Pakistan has once again ruled out any change in its policy on deporting undocumented foreigners, mainly Afghan nationals. Senior Pakistani officials outlined the stance during meetings with US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Thomas West, who ended his two-day trip to Islamabad on Saturday. The envoy assured Pakistan of support from the Biden administration for its campaign against TTP fighters from across the Durand Line. However, Afghanistan has repeatedly denied sheltering the Pakistani militants on its More
