Migration

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.

KABUL (Pajhwok): An Iranian delegation during a meeting with the Afghan Minister of Refugees and Repatriations has said 200,000 work visas will be issued to Afghans to resolve the issue of illegal residence.

KABUL (Pajhwok): European Union special representative for Afghanistan Gilles Bertrand has said the recent clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan have affected the humanitarian situation. He said this year the EU allocated approximately 188 million euros to assist Afghans.

A new camp with a capacity to accommodate 21,000 returnees has been established and was inaugurated in the Pul-i-Abresham area of northwestern Nimroz province on Thursday.

Some Afghan migrants who have returned from Iran to Zaranj, the capital of southwestern Nimroz province, are struggling not only with poverty and homelessness but also with deep psychological trauma.

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.

Pakistan and Iran forcibly expelled nearly 5,000 Afghan refugees yesterday, an official said on Saturday.

Minister of Refugee and Repatriation Maulvi Abdul Kabir has underlined the need to resolve problems through dialogue and diplomacy, saying the mistreatment of Afghan refugees and ‘military measures’ against them in Pakistan must not be repeated.

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.

The Pakistani government has announced closing five Afghan refugee camps in Khyber Pakhunkhwa province after four decades, a media report said on Saturday.

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) says it has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MoAIL) to allocate 566.5 acres of land for the construction of a township for refugees in Paghman district of the capital Kabul.

The National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) has announced a fee reduction in issuing national ID cards to Afghans living abroad, cutting the cost from $200 to between $50 and $150.