As many as 12,666 Afghan refugees have been forcibly deported from neighbouring Iran and Pakistan, an official said on Monday. Hamdullah Fitrat, deputy spokesman for Taliban, shared the High Commission for Addressing Migrants’ Issues report on his X handle, showing that 2,194 families, comprising 12,666 individuals, returned to the country on Sunday. He said the More
As many as 12,455 Afghan refugees have been forcibly deported from neighbouring Iran and Pakistan in a single day, an official said on Sunday. Hamdullah Fitrat, deputy spokesman for Taliban, wrote on his X handle that 2,098 families, comprising 12,455 individuals, were repatriated to the country from Iran and Pakistan on Saturday. He said that More
As many as 14,911 Afghan refugees returned from neighbouring Iran and Pakistan in a single day, an official said on Thursday. Hamdullah Fitrat, deputy spokesman for Taliban, wrote on his X handle that 2,500 Afghan families, comprising 14,911 individuals, came back to the country from Iran and Pakistan on Wednesday. He said the refugees entered More
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations (MoRR) says more than 400 Afghan migrants have returned to the country after being released from prisons in Pakistan and Iraq. In a post on its X account, the ministry said that 430 Afghan migrants were released from prisons in Pakistan and three others from Iraqi jails returned to More
As many as 16,243 Afghan refugees have been forcibly deported from neighboring Iran and Pakistan, an official said on Tuesday. Hamdullah Fitrat, deputy spokesman for Taliban, wrote on his X handle that a total of 2,963 Afghan families, comprising 16,243 individuals, returned to the country from Iran and Pakistan on Monday. He said the refugees More
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) says more than 300 Afghan refugees have been released from prions in Pakistan and returned to their homeland. In a statement, the ministry said that 305 Afghan migrants had been freed from various jails across the neighbouring country and returned to Afghanistan during the current week. Citing the More
At least 14 people have died after a migrant boat sank off the western coast of Turkey, according to reports. The incident occurred in the western province of Muğla, where rescue operations involving boats and a helicopter are underway to search for possible survivors, Reuters reported. Local officials in Muğla confirmed that one Afghan man More
Iranian authorities say that 1.45 million Afghan migrants have been expelled from the country during the first six months of the current solar year. According to the IRNA news agency, Nader Yar Ahmadi, head of the Center for Foreign Nationals and Migrants at Iran’s Ministry of Interior, said: “The number of unauthorized departures of foreign More
Nineteen European countries and Norway have called on the European Commission to begin the repatriation of Afghans residing illegally in Europe—either voluntarily or by force—according to a media report on Sunday. Euronews reported that 20 European countries, in a joint letter addressed to Magnus Brunner, the EU Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration, urged the More
About 170 Afghan refugees have returned to the country after being released from jails in Pakistan and Iraq, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) said Saturday. According to a post by the ministry on X, the individuals were repatriated following their release. Citing sources from the migration transfer departments at Pul-i-Abrisham in Nimroz province More
