Migration

KABUL (Pajhwok): The government of Pakistan has directed authorities not to take any action against Afghan refugees holding Proof of Registration (PoR) cards, says a

As the number of Afghan migrants being deported from Iran is increasing, a group of young people in western Herat province has voluntarily launched a campaign “Convoy of solidarity and support”, transporting more than 2,000 returnees from the Islam Qala border to Herat city.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has issued an urgent appeal to the international support to assist more than 1.4 million Afghans returning or forcibly repatriated to Afghanistan so far this year--- including over one million from Iran alone.

At least 31,000 Afghan refugees have crossed back into Afghanistan from Iran via the Islam Qala border crossing in the past 24 hours, local officials said on Friday.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has expressed deep concern over an unprecedented surge in undocumented Afghan migrants returning from Iran, with over 256,000 individuals who returned in June alone.

Displaced International (DI) expresses grave concern over Iran’s large-scale deportation, profiling, and scapegoating of Afghan refugees—a serious breach of the international legal principle of non-refoulement.

Norway has pledged a contribution of 10 million Norwegian krone (approximately $990,000 USD) to support Afghan refugees through the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

More than 160,000 Afghan refugees returned to the country from Iran via Isalam Qala port in western Herat province during the month of June.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reports a sharp increase in the number of Afghans returning to Afghanistan under adverse conditions from Iran.

he United Nations says that over one million Afghans have returned from Iran and Pakistan in the past seven months—a number that continues to rise.

HERAT (Pajhwok): In just two days, over 60,000 Afghan refugees returned to the country from Iran via Islam Qala port in western Herat province, local

The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) says 104 more Afghan refugees have returned to their homeland after being released from prisons in Pakistan.