Washington and Manila have agreed on allowing a limited number of Afghan nationals to transit to the Philippines to complete their visa processing for Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs) and resettlement to the US. The State Department said: “The US government is supporting necessary services for those Afghans temporarily in the Philippines, including food, housing, security, More
More than 16,000 Afghans were imprisoned in some Arab and neighboring countries., the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation said on Sunday. In a program, Plan and Policy Director at MoRR, Maulvi Mahmood Alhaq Ahadi said currently more than 16,000 Afghans were imprisoned in some Arab and neighboring countries. About 5,766 imprisoned Afghans were released from More
Six Afghans have been released from a jail in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi, the Afghan Consulate said on Sunday. The consulate in Karachi wrote on X the six individuals were freed from the custody of Soldier Bazaar police, following efforts by its officials. “These Afghans, having immigration cards, had been detained for unknown reasons, More
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
