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Swiss Court Rules Some Afghan Asylum Seekers Can Be Returned, Sparking Rights Concerns
Switzerland’s Federal Administrative Court has ruled that the return of certain Afghan nationals to Afghanistan is not automatically prohibited, provided the individuals face…
EU-Funded IOM Program Aids Over 393,000 Vulnerable Afghan Returnees Amid Escalating Crisis
KABUL / GENEVA – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced on Tuesday that more than 393,000 vulnerable Afghan returnees received critical humanitarian…
HANA Warns Iran Deportations Could Put Afghan Women, Children at Grave Risk
KABUL, Afghanistan – The Human Rights Organization HANA has issued a stark warning that the ongoing deportation of undocumented Afghans from Iran could expose women, children, and…
OCHA Appeals for Urgent Support as Mass Afghan Returns from Pakistan Intensify
As the forced repatriation of Afghan refugees from Pakistan accelerates, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is urgently calling on the…
325 Afghan migrants were released from Pakistani prisons and returned home
KABUL – A total of 325 Afghan migrants have returned to Afghanistan after being released from detention centres and prisons across Pakistan, the country’s Ministry of Refugees and…
Nearly 160 Migrants Rescued After Boat Catches Fire During Channel Crossing
In one of the largest rescue operations since records began in 2018, French and British authorities saved 157 migrants early Tuesday after their vessel caught fire while attempting…
Nearly 140,000 Afghan Migrants Deported from Pakistan’s Punjab Province Amid Nationwide Crackdown
Pakistan’s most populous province, Punjab, has detained and deported nearly 140,000 undocumented Afghan migrants as part of an ongoing nationwide campaign against foreigners…
Spain’s PM Visits Ceuta as Migrant Death Toll Rises to 57 Amid Mass Border Breach from Morocco
Regional leader says 60,000 crossed into the Spanish enclave by land and sea, as EU chief calls situation “unacceptable” and neighbouring countries tighten borders.
At least 57…
UNODC, IOM Warn of Rising Human Trafficking Risks Amid Afghanistan’s Deepening Crises
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have warned that Afghanistan's worsening humanitarian and economic…
MSF Urges Pakistan to Halt Forced Returns of Afghan Refugees, Warns of Health Crisis
Islamabad/Kabul — Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, on Tuesday issued an urgent appeal for Pakistan to suspend the forced deportation of Afghan…