17 migrants die after boat sinks in Mediterranean
At least 17 migrants have died while attempting to reach Spain's Balearic Islands across the Mediterranean Sea, a media report said on Wednesday.
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Iran-Israel tensions force hundreds of Afghan migrants to return daily
Hundreds of Afghan migrants with legal documents are returning home from Iran each day through the Islam Qala crossing in western Herat province as tensions escalate between the neighbouring country and Israel, returnees and border officials say.
8 asylum seekers’ bodies found in Libya, Greece
The bodies of five asylum seekers have been found on the Libyan coast, while three others died and around 20 were rescued after a boat capsized near the Greek island of Crete, media reports said on Sunday.
Germany’s CSU seeks deportation of Syrian, Afghan refugees
Germany’s Christian Social Union (CSU) has called for the rapid return of Syrian and Afghan asylum seekers and tougher measures against refugees, media reports said on Saturday.
Iran expels 1.45m Afghan migrants in 6 months
Iranian authorities say that 1.45 million Afghan migrants have been expelled from the country during the first six months of the current solar year.
Afghans among 119 deported to Panama from US
Panama’s President José Raúl Mulino has announced that 119 migrants, including Afghan nationals, were deported to Panama from the United States, the Washington Post reported on Friday.
Iranian border guards accused of killing 260 Afghans
An Iran-based human rights organisation claims Iranian border guards have shot dead a large number of Afghan migrants near the Kulgon border area of Saravan city.
Inhumanely treated in Turkey, grumble Afghan migrants
“We face a number of challenges in Turkey and inhumane treatment by Turkish authorities”, a number of Afghan migrants in the country say.
Spanish Coast Guard saves over 500 migrants
Spanish coast guard has save more than 500 migrants including women and children from drowning in Canary Islands of Atlantic Ocean. VOA in a report said the Spanish Coast Guard saved about 500 refugees including women and children…
Pakistan warns paperless migrants to leave, alarming Afghans
Pakistan has set ‘overstaying’ foreigners a new deadline to leave the country or renew their visas until the end of this year, alarming Afghans waiting in the country to go to Canada. Pakistan Ministry of Interior said a…
Body formed to encourage Afghans to return home
The cabinet on Wednesday approved the formation of a commission that would be headed by Mulavi Shahabuddin Delawar to contact and encourage Afghans living abroad to return to their country. A statement from the Office of Administrative Affairs…
2 people arrested over migrants trafficking in Nimroz
Two people have been detained in connection of illegal trafficking of migrants from Afghanistan to abroad in southwestern Nimroz province, officials said Tuesday. Col. Abdul Raqib Mubariz, provincial police chief told Pajhwok Afghan News that two men who…
Germany sends 8 convicted Afghans back home
The authorities in Germany have deported eight Afghan nationals back to their home country after their asylum applications were rejected. The men were all convicted criminals and at least two were convicted of rape, said Bavaria's interior minister…
Serbia arrests gang smuggling 64 Afghan migrants
Serbian security forces have arrested three persons smuggling 64 Afghan migrants from Bulgaria, the defence ministry in Belgrade said on Tuesday. The ministry in a statement said a joint police and army patrol caught the gang with 64…
Govt has no clear cut policy on Afghan migrants: MPs
KABUL or lower house of parliament on Monday accused the government of lacking a clear cut policy on Afghan refugees in Europe, summoning the refugee and foreign ministers. Media reports say President Ghani during a telephonic conversation has asked the…
