At least 79 migrants have been drowned and hundreds of others were missing and feared dead after an overcrowded boat sank in the open seas of Greece, according to media reports. A European rescue-support charity said it believed around 750 people were on board the 20- to 30-metre-long (65- to 100-foot-long) vessel, Reuters reported. The More
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says the number of displaced people worldwide has reached a record 110 million, including 5.7 million Afghans. About 19 million people were forced to flee last year – the biggest annual jump on record – lifting the total to 108.4 million by the end of last year, More
Thousands of Afghan refugees currently being houses in hotels in the United Kingdom (UK) are likely to become homeless in August due a government deadline for their eviction, a media report said. About 8,000 Afghan refugees, allowed into the country in 2021 under the ”Operation Warm Welcome” are due to be evicted from hotels as More
The Afghan embassy in Islamabad has said that Pakistani police had launched a series of detaining Afghan refugees in the country. The Afghan mission urged Pakistan to stop arresting Afghan refugees, after 250 were detained by counterterrorism officials and other agencies for not having legal travel documents, ABC News reported. The embassy in Islamabad said More
The International Organization of Migration (IOM) has said 3.6 million Afghans migrated to foreign countries and 1.7 million Afghans returned to their country during the past two years. According to IOM report, the previous government of Afghanistan collapsed on August 15 2021 and replaced by the current caretaker government of Islamic Emirate, triggering mass exodus More
