Migration

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says around 8,025 Afghan refugees have returned to Afghanistan after being expelled from Pakistan over the past two days.

About 101 Afghan nationals, recently released from prisons in Pakistan, have returned to Afghanistan, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) announced on Tuesday.

The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) has urged Iran and Pakistan to treat Afghan refugees with dignity, stressing the need to uphold Islamic values, humanitarian principles, and international law

KABUL (Pajhwok): Acting Minister of Refugees and Repatriation Maulvi Abdul Kabir on Sunday presided over a meeting to deal with the influx of refugees from

KABUL (Pajhwok): Pakistani police have warned citizens in Murree area near Islamabad against doing any kind of business with Afghan migrants or renting them houses,

Pakistan has intensified a crackdown on illegal migrants, deporting around 1,100 Afghans via the Torkham crossing over the past 24 hours, officials say.

So far only a few Afghan families have returned to the country from Pakistan, the Refugee and Repatriation Department in eastern Nangarhar province has assured full preparations to handle possible influx of refugees.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Advisor to Irani’s foreign minister Mohammad Reza Bahrami says eight million Afghan refugees are currently living in the neighbouring country. But how accurate

UN experts, including Richard Bennett, have urged Pakistan not to proceed with plans to forcibly expel Afghans from Islamabad and Rawalpindi and avoid deporting them to Afghanistan.

A veteran Pakistani Pakhtun nationalist leader has voiced aversion to the government’s ongoing campaign to deport Afghan refugees.

Amid an ongoing crackdown on illegal migrants, Pakistani security forces have rounded up and deported hundreds of Afghan citizens, officials say.

Acting Minister of Refugee and Repatriation Maulvi Abdul Kabir has urged Iran to treat Afghan refugees with patience and kindness.