Nearly 54,000 Afghan refugees have returned from Iran in the past one month in northwestern Nimroz province, the department of refugees and repatriation said on Tuesday. Maulvi Sediqullah Nasrat, director of refugees and repatriation, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
More then 10,000 refugees, including more than 3,270 Afghans, have been deported from Turkey in the past three months. The Turkish Immigration Management Department said 10,261 refugees, including 3,277 Afghans, were deported to their countries in the first…
Another more than 350 Afghan refugees have landed in Canada and their number would reach to 40,000 by the end of 2023, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) said. IRCC tweeted: “We are proud to have welcomed over…
Nearly 9,000 Afghan refugees are expected to be moved into permanent homes in the United Kingdom, a media report said on Wednesday. The Afghan refugees living in hotels in Britain after being evacuated from Afghanistan are expected to…
More than 2,000 Afghan refugees returned from Iran yesterday (Tuesday), the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) said on Wednesday. At least 2,082 Afghan refugees came back to the country via Islam Qala in western Herat province, the…
As many as 1,963 Afghan refugees have returned from Iran yesterday (Monday), the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) said on Tuesday. The refugees came back to the country via Islam Qala in western Herat province, the ministry…
Nearly 527,000 Afghan refugees were either deported from Iran or voluntarily returned to the country last year.
As many as 4,986 Afghan refugees have returned from Iran in the past two days, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) said on Wednesday. The refugees came back to the country via Islam Qala in western Herat…
The Biden administration has asked Pakistan to discharge its obligations to Afghan refugees and asylum seekers on its soil. State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters the United States was in talks with Pakistani officials on actions against…
Hundreds of Afghan refugees facing extreme delays in the approval of U.S. visas protested in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad on Sunday. The U.S. government’s Priority 1 and Priority 2, known as P1 and P2 refugee programs were meant to…
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) says it has inked five agreements with four international organizations worth nearly $14.5 million. The ministry tweeted: “Five cooperation agreements worth more than $14m were singed in the MoRR.” The ministry…
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed on facilitating Afghan refugees’ access to health and essential services. The MoU was inked between the Commissionerate for Afghan Refugees (CAR) and International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Islamabad on Tuesday.…
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) says more than 6,000 Afghan refugees returned from neighboring Iran during the past three days. The ministry tweeted that these refugees returned to the country via Islam Qala of Herat and…
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) says more than 3,000 Afghan refugees have returned over the past two days from neighbouring Iran. The ministry tweeted that the refugees returned to the country via Islam Qala of Herat…
Pakistan has decided to review its policy on Afghan refugees, says the police chief for northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Inspector General of Police Moazzam Jah Ansari the decision to revisit the refugee policy came at the latest meeting…
Scores of Afghan refugees have staged a protest outside Downing Street in London against the British government’s plan to shift them to Yorkshire, says a media report. The Guardian reported over 120 protestors warned of filing a legal…
More than 3100 Afghan refugees returned from Iran to the country during the past two days, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) said on Thursday. A MoRR statement said these individuals were repatriated via Islam Qala port…
Acting Refugees and Repatriation Minister Khalil Rahman Haqqani has called for trilateral meetings between Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan to better deal with issues of Afghan refugees. Haqqani in another meeting with a UN delegation said that Afghan society…
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) says 2,477 Afghan refugees have returned over the past two days from neighbouring Iran. The ministry tweeted that the refugees returned to the country via Nimroz province on Sunday and Monday.…
The United States provided $60 million in humanitarian assistance to the Afghan refugees in Pakistan and the host communities. US Ambassador to Pakistan Donald Blome said on Thursday: “In Fiscal Year 2022 alone, the US provided nearly $60…
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) has directed Afghanistan’s diplomatic mission in Islamabad to take steps for the return and release of Afghans detained in Pakistani jails, according to a statement on Thursday. In a statement Refugees…
Acting Minister of Refugee Affairs Khalil Rahman Haqqani on Tuesday urged neighboring countries not to forcibly deport Afghan refugees and give them rights according to the principles. He was addressing a strategic coordination meeting between central and provincial…
Four-party meeting on Afghan refugees in Iran agreed that Afghanistan should provide initial facilities for the repatriation of its migrants, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) said. On its Twitter handle the ministry wrote the eight meeting…
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) says 3,191 Afghan refugees returned to the country from Iran in the past 24 hours via Islam Qala and Pul Abresham ports. MoRR on its twitter handle said the returnees included…
