The United States has begun offering financial assistance to Afghan nationals willing to return home, as part of efforts to close a camp in Qatar where many have been stranded for years. According to Reuters, Paul Kapur, the US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, told a hearing of the House More
At least 14 migrants have been killed after a boat collided with a Greek coastguard vessel in the Aegean Sea near the island of Chios, a media report said on Wednesday. The incident occurred around 9:00pm local time on Tuesday (19:00 GMT) off the coast of Chios in the Mersinidi area, Reuters reported. A coastguard More
About 215 children, deported from neighboring Iran to western Herat province, have been reunited with their families and provided with support services following registration and assessment, the Labour and Social Affairs Department said on Tuesday. Hafiz Abu Muhammad Mansoor, Head of the department, told Pajhwok Afghan News that these children had crossed the border from More
Thousands of workers and students across the United States protested the immigration policies of President Donald Trump on Tuesday. Demonstrators gathered in Washington and in smaller cities such as Asheville, North Carolina, marching through downtown areas and chanting slogans like “No ICE, no KKK, no fascist USA,” Reuters reported. The protests were aimed at opposing More
The United Nations has reported that arrests and detentions of Afghan nationals in Pakistan rose by 18 per cent in January, with more than 130,000 people detained over the past four months. According to the latest update jointly released by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the More
Germany’s Christian Social Union (CSU) has called for the rapid return of Syrian and Afghan asylum seekers and tougher measures against refugees, media reports said on Saturday. The proposal is outlined in a draft resolution prepared ahead of an upcoming meeting of the party’s parliamentary group in the Bundestag, according to Deutsche Welle. CSU lawmakers More
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) has said that around 345 Afghan refugees have been released from prisons in Pakistan and returned to their homeland. In a statement, the ministry said the Afghan migrants had been freed from various jails across the neighbouring country and subsequently repatriated to Afghanistan. Quoting the Refugee Transfer Department More
Turkey detained 152,000 undocumented migrants during the past one year, with Afghans making up the largest group, the country’s Migration Authority said. According to the Turkey Migration Authority’s statement, more than 152,000 illegal migrants were detained in the country since the beginning of 2025, including more than 42,000 Afghans. After Afghans, the most arrested people More
Former Iraqi President Barham Ahmed Salih has been elected by the United Nations General Assembly as the new High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Salih was selected following a competitive process in New York that attracted candidates from various countries. He is expected to officially assume office on 1 January 2026 and will be based in More
US President Donald Trump has expanded the list of countries whose citizens are barred from entering the United States, adding six more nations, including Palestine and Syria. The White House announced the expansion on Tuesday as part of an intensified crackdown on immigration, according to Al Jazeera. The newly added countries are Palestine, Burkina Faso, More
