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
A truck carrying nomads fell into a ravine in the Swat region of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, leaving at least 15 people dead and eight others injured, reports say. Pakistan’s Geo News reported that the truck veered off the road near the Malakand area on Thursday and fell into a deep ravine. The report said More
More than 500 Afghans returned to the country yesterday (Wednesday) through various routes and received financial assistance and health services among other facilities, the High Commission for Addressing Refugees’ Problems said on Thursday. Deputy Spokesman of the Islamic Emirate, Hamdullah Fitrat, published a report from the working committees and said Afghan migrants have been forcibly More
European Union Chargée d’Affaires Veronika Boskovic-Pohar says the EU would assist Afghanistan in construction of houses and creating jobs for returning refugees. She said this at a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister for Administrative Affairs Maulvi Abdul Salam Hanafi, the Presidential Palace wrote on its X handle. Boskovic-Pohar, saying the EU plans to cooperate in More
The Pakistani government has announced closing five Afghan refugee camps in Khyber Pakhunkhwa province after four decades, a media report said on Saturday. The Ministry of Kashmir Affairs, Gilgit-Baltistan and States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) issued an official notification on Friday confirming the decision, the Express News reported. According to the government’s notification, three of More
German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt has announced that deportations of rejected and criminal migrants to Afghanistan and Syria will resume before the end of this year. According to Deutsche Welle, Dobrindt said an agreement with Syria is expected this year, under which criminal migrants will be deported first, followed by those without residency rights. He More
Nearly 700 Afghan refugees have returned to the country this week after being released from jails in Pakistan, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) said on Thursday. In a post on X, the ministry stated that 694 individuals, who had been detained in various parts of Pakistan, were released and repatriated to Afghanistan. According More
Pakistan and Iran forcibly expelled more than 10,000 Afghan refugees yesterday, an official said on Friday. Hamdullah Fitrat, the deputy spokesman for the Islamic Emirate, wrote on his X-Page today that 1687 families, totaling over ten thousand people, were forcibly returned from Iran and Pakistan through various ports of the country yesterday (Thursday). He added More
Some laborers in western Herat province say job opportunities have become increasingly rare while wages have also declined following the return of hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees from Iran,. The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations (MoRR) announced in July that nearly two million Afghans had returned from Iran and Pakistan over the past three More
