As Pakistan’s deadline for illegal immigrants to leave the country expired, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) in a statement on Tuesday called on Islamabad not...
Ahead of the Pakistan Government’s deadline on 1 November 2023 for forced deportations of unregistered Afghan refugees, Amnesty International on Tuesday called on Pakistan to reverse...
Pakistani government is using threats, abuse, and detention to coerce Afghan asylum seekers without legal status to return to Afghanistan or face deportation by November 1,...
Authorities are setting up temporary camps in Nangarhar and Kandahar provinces as return of refugees has increased sharply due to Pakistan’s crackdown. Local officials in Nangarhar...
As the deadline for the expulsion of illegal immigrants looms closer, Pakistan’s Interim Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti on Sunday said that the repatriation would be carried...
The European Union announced Sunday it has allocated an additional 15 million euros for Afghans returning to their country. EU in Afghanistan in a post on...
As November 1 deadline approaches, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday called on the Pakistani government to “suspend...
A delegation from the European Union, led by Sarah Rinaldi, met with Khalil Rahman Haqqani, acting minister of refugees and repatriation, on Wednesday and pledged 4.5...
A total of 2,371 illegal immigrants, including 1,700 Afghans, in Pakistan’s Sindh province have been deported so far, local authorities have announced. Sindh Caretaker Minister for...
Deputy Prime Minister for Administrative Affairs Abdulsalam Hanafi on Thursday called on the Pakistani government to reconsider its decision to expel Afghan refugees, saying the decision...
The United States “strongly” encouraged Afghanistan’s neighbors, including Pakistan, to allow entry for Afghans seeking protection and urged them to uphold obligations in treatment of refugees,...
Pakistan should immediately cancel plans to deport 1.4 million Afghan nationals back to their country, UN experts said on Tuesday. The government of Pakistan, which has...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said in a statement Saturday that the 4th meeting of the Consular Affairs Commission between the Islamic Emirate and Iran...
Balochistan’s Caretaker Information Minister, Jan Achakzai, has said undocumented Afghan refugees will be expelled from the province without exception but said 25 families are voluntarily returning...
Pakistan’s Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti Friday warned illegal immigrants in Pakistan to leave the country by the November 1 deportation deadline or the state would show...
Mohammad Qasim Khalid, the governor of Kabul, has compared the governments of Iran and Pakistan to Israel because of their treatment of Afghan refugees. “The governments...
The Ministry of Migration said Monday that more than 3,000 Afghan migrants returned home on Sunday. The ministry said 3,061 Afghan immigrants returned to their homeland...
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and IOM, the UN Migration Agency, on Saturday appealed to Pakistan to continue its protection of all vulnerable Afghans who have...
Acting Foreign Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) Amir Khan Muttaqi has told his Pakistani counterpart that mistreatment of Afghan refugees can adversely affect...
Despite repeated promises of the Pakistani authorities, the arrest and harassment of Afghan refugees by the police in Pakistan continues, Afghan embassy in Pakistan said on...