Khaama: A survey conducted by the Berlin-based Advisory Council on Integration and Migration reveals that many Afghan refugees in Germany suffer from discrimination, particularly in the housing market. Despite this, most Afghan refugees still express a desire to remain in the country. Click here to read more (external link).
Khaama: Pakistan has announced strict measures to prevent Afghan nationals from obtaining Pakistani national ID cards and passports. Attaullah Tarar, Pakistan’s Minister of Information, stated that passport applications will be reviewed in three stages. Click here to read more (external link).
Ariana: Iranian forces have allegedly killed at least 260 Afghan migrants after opening fire on them near the Kalgan border crossing on Sunday evening. According to Haalvsh, an Iranian-based human rights organization, survivors of the shooting described horror scenes when Iranian military forces targeted the group. Haalvsh reported that two survivors said there had been
BBC: The government says it is allowing some “eligible” Afghan special forces soldiers who fought alongside the British military to resettle in the UK, after they were previously rejected. Under the previous government, about 2,000 Afghans who served with specialist units – known at the “Triples” – were denied permission to relocate to the UK
Khaama: Iran’s chief of police, Ahmadreza Radan, announced that the country’s police are determined to deport two million “illegal” Afghan migrants by the end of this year. Radan made the statement on Sunday, October 13, during a ceremony in Mashhad, stating that arrests of “illegal” Afghan migrants in Iran have increased. Iran’s interior minister, Eskandar
Politico: European taxpayers finance ill-treatment and forced expulsion, an investigation found. In recent years, the Turkish government started using much of this EU-funded infrastructure to reduce the number of asylum-seekers it hosts by rounding up and forcibly deporting Syrians, Afghans, and others facing danger in their home countries, according to an investigation by POLITICO and
Khaama: Officials in Kandahar province report that 60 families were expelled from Pakistan and have entered Afghanistan through the Spin Boldak border. The registration and refugee identification committee at the Anjargi camp in Kandahar stated that 60 families, consisting of 323 individuals, returned to the country through Spin Boldak over the past two days. Click
Reuters: The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on Friday that gender and nationality alone were sufficient for a country to grant asylum to women from Afghanistan, where the ruling Taliban have sharply curtailed women’s rights. Authorities in Austria refused refugee status to two Afghan women after they applied for asylum in 2015 and 2020.
RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi / Kian Sharifi September 30, 2024 Every day, hundreds of Afghans, some holding their children, are deported from neighboring Iran. Many of them crossed into Iran illegally to escape the brutal rule of the Taliban and the devastating humanitarian and economic crises gripping Afghanistan. In the Afghan border town of Islam Qala,
Khaama: According to the Taliban, up to 3,000 people, including those born in Iran, return to Afghanistan daily, many suffering from physical abuse and mental trauma. Every day, waves of Afghan refugees return from Iran at the Afghanistan-Iran border. Reports from refugee organizations and statements from Taliban officials indicate a growing number of deportations of