Afghan migrants

More than 6 million Afghan migrants have returned to their homeland over the past three years and the tide shows no sign of slowing the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) reported on Thursday. In a post on its official…

Turkish authorities have detained 20 undocumented Afghan migrants and arrested three individuals suspected of migrant smuggling during a targeted operation in the northwestern province of Bolu, officials confirmed on Monday. The operation,…

Afghanistan is grappling with an unprecedented influx of returnees as forced deportations of Afghan migrants from Pakistan and Iran accelerate. This mass return is compounding the country’s already fragile economic situation, straining…

Authorities in southeastern Turkey have disrupted a human smuggling operation after discovering 32 Afghan migrants hidden inside a modified waste tanker. The incident, reported by Turkish media, occurred during a targeted police operation…

Iranian authorities have detained 43 undocumented Afghan migrants in the northern city of Tonekabon, Mazandaran province, marking a significant escalation in Tehran's nationwide campaign of arrests and deportations. This crackdown comes…

HERAT, Afghanistan – In a stark illustration of the desperate and perilous journeys undertaken by Afghan migrants, three individuals died from exposure to freezing temperatures this week while attempting to illegally cross into Iran from…

More than 4,500 Afghan refugees were deported from neighboring Iran and Pakistan in a single day, authorities reported on Thursday, marking a sharp escalation in the ongoing forced repatriation of migrants from both countries. Mullah…

At least ten Afghan migrants were shot dead by Iranian border guards while attempting to cross the frontier illegally, Taliban officials confirmed on Tuesday, in the latest deadly incident underscoring the perilous conditions for those…

ÇANAKKALE, Turkey – Turkish authorities detained 24 Afghan migrants, including 15 children, after intercepting an overloaded and unsafe rubber boat off the coast of Çanakkale, a province that serves as a key gateway to the Aegean Sea. The…