Turkish police have arrested 39 illegal Afghan migrants in northeastern Duzce province, media reports said on Thursday. The migrants were hiding inside a car among boxes of paper towels and were arrested in Chilamli district of Duzce province, Anatolia news agency reported. It said: “Security forces stopped a car in Arabaji area during an operation More
An Afghan refugee has committed suicide in the Baharakoh area of Islamabad, the capital city of Pakistan, according to police on Saturday. Police said that Mohammad Shifae, 28, and Afghan national migrated to Pakistan two years ago. He said Shafae filed asylum request to Canada and after two years he received a negative response after More
Over 4,000 Afghans deported or returned voluntarily from Pakistan and Iran in the past seven days, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) said on Thursday. On its Twitter handle the MoRR, wrote 729 persons accounted for 190 families have been deported from Pakistan via Torkham and Spinboldak crossing. In the same period 3,352 individuals More
Iranian border forces arrested more than 2,000 illegal refugees in border areas with Afghanistan and Pakistan in the past 72 hours, an official said on Tuesday. Ali Reza Fazli, deputy head of social affairs at Sistan and Balochistan Border Command, told Fars news agency that Iran’s border security forces identified and arrested 2,285 immigrants trying More
Afghan refugees recently returned from Pakistan said they did not have own houses and have to live rental houses which is difficult for them to pay rent. Although repatriation of Afghan refugees via Spinboldak has been declined now comparing to the past but families that retuned in the past three months complained against high rent More
The UN refugee agency has announced a partnership with the Peshawar Zalmi to promote the cause of refugee through cricket in Pakistan. The UNHCR announcement came on Monday less than two weeks ahead of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) Season 9, scheduled to commence from Feb 17. UNHCR and Peshawar Zalmi, one of the major More
A 60-year-old Afghan migrant has been killed as a result of blaze in Tehran, the capital of Iran, media reports said on Monday. Syed Jalal Malaki, spokesperson of Tehran Fire and Security Services Organization, told ISNA News Agency that the fire broke out at guard room on Sunday at around 3:46 am. “Firefighters rushed the More
Over 500,000 Afghans have returned to Afghanistan since November last year after Pakistan announced deportation of undocumented migrants from its soil, according to United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) on Friday. The UN agency on its Twitter handle wrote: “In Jan 2024, the number of Afghans returning from Pakistan surpassed 500K, More
Canada has evacuated nearly 320 more Afghan nationals from Pakistan to Halifax, the Immigration, Refugees, Citizenship Canada (IRCC) said on Tuesday. IRCC wrote on its X handle: “Today (Monday), 319 Afghan nationals arrived in Vancouver on a charter flight from Pakistan.” They will continue their journey to approximately 26 communities across Canada, including Ottawa, Surrey and Toronto.” More
The Ministry of Refugee and Repatriation (MoRR) on Sunday said 11 more Afghans have been released from prisons in Pakistan’s Punjab province. MoRR wrote on its X handle the Afghans had been detained by Pakistani security personnel due lack of residential documents. It said the 11 Afghans freed from prisons in Punjab province returned to More
