The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has announced that it has suspended its activities at encashment centers for returnees across Afghanistan due to the...
Pakistan hosts more than 1.3 million registered Afghan refugees, while Iran is home to even larger numbers.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has announced that the arrest of Afghan refugees in Pakistan increased during August this year. The agency added...
Both sides emphasized the need for additional time to enable refugees to move their belongings and return voluntarily and with dignity.
Pakistani authorities have said that Islamabad wants all Afghan nationals to leave except for those who have valid visas.
Currently, around 1.4 million Afghan PoR cardholders remain in Pakistan, OCHA reported.
Human rights observers and refugee advocates have raised concerns regarding the legality and humanitarian impact of the campaign.
The proposal was made during a high-level meeting in Tehran between Iranian Interior Minister and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
The two sides reviewed the current level of cooperation between the Iranian government and the UNHCR, with a focus on repatriation strategies and support for returnees.
UNHCR says it will reach only 45,000 women in 2025, less than half the number it served last year.
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi arrived in Kabul on Saturday amid a record surge in returns of Afghan refugees from neighboring countries. Grandi was...
Up to 11.6 million refugees are in danger of losing access to humanitarian assistance due to cuts in foreign aid by donor nations, the United Nations...
The killing has sparked widespread outrage on social media and renewed concerns over violence targeting Afghan migrants in Iran.
Three million Afghans could return to their country this year, a UN refugee official said Friday, warning that the repatriation flow is placing intense pressure on...
The UNHCR also voiced alarm at the scale and speed of returns. Babar Baloch, spokesperson for the agency, said more than 50,000 Afghans crossed back from...
Migrants are being pulled off the streets without notice, loaded onto buses, and abandoned at the Afghan border, Khalilzad said.
More than 800,000 Afghans have returned from Iran through the Islam Qala border crossing in western Afghanistan since January 2025, with over 137,000 arriving in June...
The United Nations has confirmed that a small number of Iranians, including dual Iranian-Afghan nationals, have crossed into Afghanistan following the outbreak of conflict between Iran...
The number of Afghan families without legal documentation in Iran returning to Afghanistan last month was three times higher than in May last year, it added.
According to the authorities, approximately 50,000 Afghan nationals have returned to the country via Spin Boldak since the beginning of April.