The tightening of migration policies under the Trump administration has left vulnerable humanitarian migrants fearing they could be forced back into dangerous situations. Last week, the...
UNHCR reports that at least 1,288 Afghans, including 1,152 refugees and asylum seekers, were deported this summer.
Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Afghanistan, said during a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Salam Hanafi on Sunday...
Interior Minister Gerhard Karner confirmed the deportation and said more are planned.
EU confirms contact with Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan over migrant returns
According to official figures, more than 1.2 million undocumented Afghan nationals have returned to Afghanistan through the Dogharoun crossing since the start of Iran’s calendar year...
The countries urged the European Commission to place the return of Afghans at the top of its migration agenda and to begin discussions with the IEA...
Van Bossuyt plans to raise the issue at an upcoming informal European migration meeting in Munich, where several EU countries will be represented.
Many returnees arrive with very few belongings; some are exhausted, traumatized, or in need of urgent assistance.
Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker has confirmed that his government intends to pursue deportations of Afghan nationals, despite concerns that such a move would violate international law....
Swiss broadcaster SRF has reported that four officials from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) visited Geneva recently to help identify Afghan nationals for deportation from...
German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt has announced that border controls and deportation flights to Afghanistan and Syria will continue beyond September. Former German Interior Minister Nancy...
A detailed examination of their passports revealed that the visas were counterfeit.
Germany deported dozens of Afghan nationals to their homeland on Friday, the second time it has done so since the Islamic Emirate returned to power and...
Fatemeh Mohajerani, spokesperson for the Iranian government, said this week that the ongoing mass deportation of Afghan refugees from Iran is being carried out in accordance...
Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has called on regional countries to suspend the mass deportation of Afghan refugees, warning that the dire humanitarian and economic situation...
The TPS program provides protection against deportation and provides work permits for periods of six to 18 months to those from countries stricken by natural disaster,...
Germany is planning to fly a group of convicted criminals of Afghan nationality to their home country for the second time since the Islamic Emirate took...
Germany is working hard to deport more Afghan criminals, said Interior Minister Nancy Faeser in Berlin on Thursday, a day after an Afghan asylum seeker was...
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has reported that more than 230,000 Afghan migrants have returned to the country from Iran over the past month. According...
