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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…
Over 2,000 Afghan Returnees Arrive from Iran and Pakistan as Repatriation Efforts Intensify
KABUL, Afghanistan — In a significant wave of return migration, a total of 431 families comprising 2,199 individuals have crossed back into Afghanistan from neighboring Iran and…
Turkey Detains 20 Undocumented Afghans, Arrests Three Suspected Migrant Smugglers in Bolu Operation
Turkish authorities have detained 20 undocumented Afghan migrants and arrested three individuals suspected of migrant smuggling during a targeted operation in the northwestern…
Nearly 3,000 Afghan Refugees Return Home in One Day, Officials Say
Nearly 3,000 Afghan refugees returned to Afghanistan over the past 24 hours through several key border crossings, according to the Taliban administration, as the country continues…