Migration

Japanese Ambassador Takayoshi Kormaya has promised his country’s continued humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation said on Thursday.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has asked the neighbouring countries to exercise restraint regarding the expulsion of Afghan refugees and avoid mistreatment of Afghans there.

The Afghan consulate in Karachi has announced the release of 44 Afghans, including 21 students, from Pakistani prisons.

About 66 Afghans have returned to Afghanistan after being released from Pakistani prisons, according to the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR).

The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (MoLSA) says 1,151 Afghan children have been deported from Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey over the past six months.

As many 28 deported criminals, including rapists and repeat offenders, have been released on assurances from Kabul jail, Spiegel magazine said on Saturday.

One hundred people, including 11 Afghans have been executed in Iran in the months of August, a media report said on Wednesday.

The United States and Pakistan have discussed the protection of Afghan refugees and asylum seekers.

At least 12 people, including five German policemen, have been injured in two separate brawls among Afghan refugees in Germany’s Wuppertal city and Paris the capital of France.

Saudi Arabia has executed an Afghan national on charges of drug trafficking, Saudi media reported on Monday.

After Germany, Austria is the second European country that plans to deport Afghan migrants convicted of crimes to their homeland.

The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) has inked two cooperation agreements worth $188,766 with two NGOs.