Afghan Refugees News - Latest Updates & Headlines
Two days before deadline, Pakistan deports 213 Afghan refugees
Rawalpindi, March 28: Over 200 Afghan refugees have been deported by Islamabad to their home country as Pakistan remains determined on its mass deportation plan.
Austria records significant drop in asylum applications
Vienna, March 22: Austria has recorded a notable decline in the number of asylum applications, with February witnessing a 37 percent drop compared to the same period last year, bringing the total to 1,397 applications.
Pak authorities clueless as deadline for mass deportation of Afghan refugees approaches
Islamabad, March 21: The Pakistan government has not set any guidelines as the deadline for the mass repatriation of Afghan refugees from the country is just ten days away, leaving relevant departments clueless.
Hundreds of Afghan refugees face forcible deportation from Pak, Iran
Kabul, March 16: As forced deportation and illegal detention of Afghan refugees continues, data reveals that Iran and Pakistan deported 674 Afghan migrant families between March 8 and March 14.
Advocacy group raises concern over illegal arrest and detention of Afghan refugees in Pakistan
Kabul, March 7: The Joint Action Committee (JAC) for Refugees in Pakistan, an advocacy group based in Karachi and Islamabad working for the rights of Afghan Refugees, has claimed that at least 190 Afghan refugees have been illegally arrested and detained in the Pakistani capital and Rawalpindi.
Hundreds of Afghan refugees deported from Pakistan and Iran
Kabul, March 1: Around 613 Afghan migrant families returned to Afghanistan from Pakistan and Iran between February 21-28, local media in Kabul reported on Saturday.
Pakistan intensifies crackdown on Afghan refugees, aims to repatriate 8 lakh cardholders
Islamabad, February 26: Pakistan has stepped up its efforts to repatriate legal Afghan refugees, with a focus on those holding Afghan Citizen Cards, reported ARY News.
Iran's detention of Afghan refugees adds to their hardship
Tehran, Feb 25: Iran launched another crackdown to detain Afghan migrants in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, citing security concerns, Iranian state media reported on Sunday.
As US shuts door, thousands of Afghans in Pakistan have nowhere to go
Islamabad, Jan 22: US President Donald Trump's executive order to suspend the refugee programme has put a big question mark on the fate of thousands of Afghans living in Pakistan who had fled from the Taliban-ruled Afghanistan and have been waiting for years to resettle in the United States.