Al Jazeera: Afghans fleeing deteriorating economic and humanitarian conditions find themselves with few pathways to seek refuge. Of more than 66,000 Afghans who have sought humanitarian parole since July 2021, fewer than 8,000 had their applications processed, according to an investigation last year from the news outlet Reveal. The success rate was even narrower, with
RFE/RL EPA-EFE: With living conditions continuing to deteriorate under the Taliban regime, Afghan migrants are fleeing their country in pursuit of a better life wherever they can find it, including on a tea plantation in Turkey. Click here to view photo essay (external link).
Al Arabiya English: Taliban forces in Afghanistan violently evicted hundreds of people from a settlement in the country’s capital city, Kabul, reportedly killing two children, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said on Tuesday. “Several families [the] NRC spoke with reported having to evacuate their homes under traumatic conditions,” the NRC said. “Bulldozers began demolishing the
Khaama: Peruvian authorities have announced they rescued at least 23 Afghan refugees from human traffickers along the border with Brazil. A prosecutors’ office in Peru on Sunday, July 9, in a statement said, “These migrants were trying to reach Ecuador, Mexico and eventually reach to the United States.” These Afghan refugees must have given huge
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Abubakar Siddique Azmat Ali Shah July 9, 2023 PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistan is the only country Gul Mohammad, a 42-year-old Afghan refugee, knows. He was born in a refugee camp in the teeming, sizzling northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar. Eighteen years ago, he married a Pakistani woman, hoping to settle down
Tolo News: Afghan migrants who have been deported by Turkey complained of mistreatment by Turkish border forces, claiming that they were beaten and tortured after they were arrested. Click here to read more (external link).
Khaama: Following the return of the Taliban to power in 2021, new waves of Afghan refugees moved to Iran and Pakistan due to several reasons including fearing ng death threats and persecution by Afghanistan’s de facto regime. While in Pakistan, these migrants are faced with numerous challenges including arbitrary detentions, harassment, and imprisonment by Pakistani
Ariana: UNHCR has not taken any cooperative and beneficial measures to solve the problems of Afghan refugees in Pakistan, the Afghan envoy in Islamabad said on Tuesday. Acting Ambassador Sardar Ahmad Shekib, said in a video message on the occasion of World Refugees Day, that Pakistani police are harassing and capturing Afghans under various pretexts.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 20, 2023 The Amnesty International rights group has appealed “urgently” to Pakistan to stop “arbitrarily arresting and harassing” Afghan refugees, many of whom are running from ill-treatment by Taliban militants in their own country. ““It is deeply concerning that the situation of Afghan refugees in Pakistan is not receiving due
Khaama: Afghan Embassy in Italy confirms that Afghan refugees were among the victims when the Greek refugee boat capsized. According to the embassy, at least 78 people from Afghanistan and Pakistan died in the recent disaster off the coast of Greece. The embassy said that hundreds more are believed to be missing based on estimates