Noting that the mistreatment of Afghan refugees has increased in Pakistan and Iran recently, Acting Minister of Refugees and Repatriation Maulawi Abdul Kabir has called on...
“We have noted the remarks made by the Afghan Charge d’ Affaires in Islamabad, about Pakistan’s Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan,” the foreign office said.
This week the International Organization for Migration (IOM) stated that over 18,000 Afghan migrants returned to Afghanistan from Islamabad and Rawalpindi last month.
Since September 15, 2023, at least 824,568 individuals have returned to Afghanistan while two percent (18,577) of this total has returned since January 2025, the IOM...
The White House and the U.S. State Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The statement added that among the people deported by the Pakistani police, 65 were children and 30 were Afghan women.
After receiving humanitarian aid, these individuals were transferred to their original locations in Afghanistan.
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Pakistan has told them to move to other regions in the country, primarily Rawalpindi, because of the embassies and refugee agencies based there
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The Chief Commissioner for Afghan refugees said 1.4 million Afghans are registered and 700,000 are unregistered
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Vance previously told CBS in August that he did not think Washington should abandon people who have “been properly vetted and actually helped us."
The US decision also leaves in limbo thousands of other Afghans who have been approved for resettlement as refugees in the US but have not yet...
The meeting comes amid ongoing reports of arbitrary detention and harassment of Afghan refugees and asylum seekers by law enforcement agencies in Islamabad in Pakistan.
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