PPP queries Islamabad’s policy on Afghan deportations
A mainstream political party has asked the Pakistan government to stop the arm-twisting of undocumented Afghan migrants.
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Iran deports around 3,000 Afghans daily: Official
The Department of Refugees and Repatriation of western Nimroz province says around 3,000 Afghans are deported from Iran every day, while hundreds more migrate to the neighboring country via Nimroz border every day due to poverty and unemployment…
Berlin suspends deportations to Afghanistan
As the security situation continues to deteriorate across the country, Germany has halted migrant deportations to Afghanistan. German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer ordered the suspension for the time being on Wednesday, a media report said. The Associated Press…
Sparking demo in Berlin, deportation flight reaches Kabul
A deportation flight of rejected asylum-seekers to Afghanistan has triggered an angry protest at the Berlin airport, a media report said on Thursday. Deutsche Welle reported the hundreds of people gathered at the airport's Terminal 5 late on…
Germany to resume deportation flights to Afghanistan
KABUL as soon as next week, German media reported on Thursday. Failed asylum-seekers from Afghanistan could be sent back to their country weeks after Berlin suspended the deportation process in the wake of a string of deadly attacks in Kabul.…
No forced deportations from Turkey, says Barakzai
The Afghan consulate general in Istanbul, on Monday scorned Amnesty International’s report regarding the forced deportation of refugees from Turkey. Zakaria Barakzai, the Afghan consul general in Istanbul, Anadulo -- the state-run Turkish news agency -- the Afghan…
Iran deports hundreds of Afghan refugee children
Iran has deported at least 1,000 Afghan refugee children into western Herat and southwestern Nimroz provinces in the past two months, local officials said Monday. The children were deported through the Islam Qala border crossing in Herat…
Scores of Afghans deported as border stays shut
Pakistan has deported nearly 60 Afghan nationals who had been detained while trying to cross the border without legal travel documents, an official said on Wednesday. The 59 Afghans had been arrested as they attempted to steal into…
