KABUL (Pajhwok): The Deputy Prime Minister for Administrative Affairs, during a visit to a temporary refugee camp in the capital, said that the Islamic Emirate
The Acting Minister of Refugees and Repatriation Maulvi Abdul Kabir and officials from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have discussed measures to prevent the forced deportation of Afghan refugees.
Amid a sharp rise in deportation of Afghan migrants from neighbouring Iran, many women have come back empty-handed with painful memories and they are now facing uncertainty about their future.
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) says that nearly 300 Afghan refugees have returned to their homeland after being released from prisons in Pakistan and Iraq.
About six million Afghans are living as refugees in neighboring and other countries, but around 1.8 million Afghan refugees have been deported from Iran in past three months, an official said on Wednesday.
Afghan national cricket team all-rounder Mohammad Nabi has donated one million afghanis in cash to Afghan returnees from Iran through his charitable organization, the Nabi Charity Foundation.
Acting Foreign Minister Maulvi Amir Khan Muttaqi has called the expulsion of Afghan refugees from Iran ‘a matter of concern’ and stressed the refugees should be deported gradually and in a dignified manner.
Iran has agreed to join a trilateral meeting in Kabul aimed at addressing the growing challenges faced by Afghan refugees, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced on Sunday.
Mass Builders Association Chief of Tehran province Iraj Rahbar says the expulsion of Afghan nationals from Iran has created a labour shortage in the country’s construction industry, leading to delays in several projects.
Nearly two billion afghanis were spent on addressing the situation of returnees in the country during the past one month, an official said on Thursday.
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) says 688 more Afghan refugees have returned to their homeland after being released from prisons in Pakistan.
