Tolo News: Eleven Afghan migrants died recently in a traffic accident in Karman province of Iran and three others were wounded – but one victim’s brother told of how they had been on their way to Europe in search of a better life. Aimal, whose brother Romal died in the accident said all his brother wanted
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 1, 2016 Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov said in an interview with a German newspaper that he may shut down the so-called Balkan route for migrants altogether later this year. Ivanov told Der Spiegel in an interview published February 29 that when Austria reaches its limit of 37,500 migrant entries, Macedonia
Tolo News: Around 500 people were arrested on charges of violating tenancy laws while 600 Afghan nationals were apprehended for staying illegally in the Nowshera district of Pakistan, an official said on Sunday. Pakistan media reports state that District Police Officer (DPO) Wahid Mehmood said the arrests were made during a two-day joint search operation carried out
VOA News Ayaz Gul February 27, 2016 ISLAMABAD—The United Nations says it is “eagerly awaiting” Pakistan’s solution on the status of around 1.5 million Afghan refugees in the country, insisting they continue to need asylum and protection. Pakistan hosts an additional estimated one million Afghans living as illegal economic migrants. The refugee population is the
Tolo News: At least 135 Afghans who migrated to Germany on Wednesday have returned home voluntarily. A number of the return refugees said they regret migrating to Germany and are living in difficult conditions and would like to return home if possible. One of the returnees, Abdullah, who spent $13,000 USD to get to Germany with his wife
Press TV / February 23, 2016 Over 110,000 refugees have crossed the Mediterranean to Greece and Italy so far this year, says a leading inter-governmental organization in the field of migration amid a huge influx of refugees into Europe. According to the figures released by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Tuesday, 102,547 people have arrived in
VOA News February 21, 2016 Macedonia is turning away Afghan migrants but allowing other nationalities to enter from Greece, Greek police said Sunday, as European countries struggle to process more than 100,000 refugee and migrant arrivals since the beginning of the year. A Macedonian police spokeswoman denied the border was closed to Afghans, and instead
Al Jazeera English – Meet Hussein, a 15-year-old Afghan refugee who traveled all the way from Iran to Sweden alone. Sweden has received more child refugees than any other country in Europe in 2015. But anti-immigrant sentiment is on the rise, and asylum centers are coming under attack. Reporting by Mohammed Jamjoom.
1TV: Aqeela Asifi, An Afghan refugee woman is among 10 finalists in an international competition to find the world’s best teacher. Asifi set up a school soon after she fled war in Afghanistan more than two decades ago in the Kot Chandana village in Punjab of Pakistan. She started her school in a borrowed tent in
Tolo News: The bodies of seven Afghan asylum seekers, drowned in Turkish waters this week, have been returned to Kabul but the bodies of five other migrants are still missing, said officials. The bodies were laid to rest in Kabul on Saturday. Click here to read more (external link).