By Munaza Shaheed VOA News June 20, 2024 WASHINGTON — In 2021, the United States began one of its biggest humanitarian evacuations in history as it withdrew from Afghanistan, resettling more than 80,000 Afghans fleeing Taliban rule in the initial weeks of Operation Allies Welcome. However, they were brought into the U.S. through the humanitarian parole process that
Afghanistan International: According to numbers from the Taliban’s Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations, 10,273 Afghan refugees have been returned to Afghanistan from Iran and Pakistan over the past week. Of them, 7,422 refugees returned from Iran and 2,851 from Pakistan. Click here to read more (external link). Related Iran’s interior minister: country cannot accept “Illegal
Ariana: Pakistan security forces arrested 85 Afghan nationals in the border district of Chagai district for allegedly crossing into Pakistan illegally, officials said on Monday. The Afghan nationals were found on the Pakistani side near the border without legal travel documents, Dawn News reported. Reports indicated the Afghan nationals entered Pakistan illegally in order to
Khaama: German media reported that a 22-year-old Afghan man attacked police with a knife on Wednesday evening on the island of Rügen in northeastern Germany. The Bild newspaper wrote that the attacker was arrested and hospitalized, and the police were not injured in the attack. Last week, another Afghan asylum seeker, Sulaiman Atayi, attacked an
Khaama: The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has announced that the return of Afghan refugees from Pakistan has made the polio vaccination campaign in the country more challenging. Stevan Lauwerier, head of the polio eradication program, called for increased efforts to eliminate polio among returning refugees from Pakistan during his visit to the Torkham border
By RFE/RL’s Radio Farda May 8, 2024 Iran says it has expelled some 1.3 million foreigners over the past year, highlighting a significant crackdown by the government on unauthorized migrants, primarily Afghan refugees. Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi told a press briefing that the efforts to regulate foreign nationals needs to be bolstered with legislative reforms to tighten border
Lisa Schlein VOA News April 27, 2024 GENEVA — Changes are being urged to plans for returning thousands of Afghan citizens from Pakistan to make the process more effective. While Pakistan has delayed the expulsion of some 850,000 documented Afghan refugees to Afghanistan, a senior Red Cross official is appealing for the returns to occur “in
Sarah Zaman VOA News April 26, 2024 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s decision earlier this week to extend the term of a key document that allows Afghans to live in the country legally has created some breathing room for refugees who fear they would be sent back to Afghanistan. However, concerns remain about Pakistan’s controversial moves in recent
Khaama: The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations states that over 2,000 Afghan migrants have been expelled from Iran. On Wednesday, April 24th, the ministry announced in a statement that a total of 2,783 Afghan migrants returned to the country after being expelled by Iran. According to the statement, these migrants entered Afghanistan through the Islam
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi April 17, 2024 Many in Iran are worried about the prospect of a war with Israel and the possible impact on the country’s faltering economy. That includes members of Iran’s large community of Afghan refugees and migrants, one of the most vulnerable groups in society. Experts have warned that a full-scale war