Immigrants
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Pakistan Deports Over 5,000 Afghan Migrants in a Single Day
DID Press: Amid continuing tensions between Islamabad and the Taliban, Pakistan has deported more than 5,000 Afghan migrants in a single day, according to Taliban officials responsible for refugee affairs. Taliban’s migration commission reported that 5,117 Afghan nationals were returned…
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UN: Only 17pc of Afghan women returnees earn income
DID Press: UN Women has warned that only about 17 percent of Afghan women returning from Iran and Pakistan are currently able to earn an income, highlighting severe economic challenges facing returnees. In a new report, the UN agency said…
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Canada Pledges $40M in Humanitarian Aid to Lebanon
DID Press: Al Jazeera, citing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants of Lebanon, reported that the government of Canada has allocated $40 million in humanitarian assistance to Lebanon. According to the report, the aid will be distributed through international…
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UK Asylum Rejections for Afghan Women Surge
DID Press: Reports show a sharp rise in the rejection of asylum applications filed by Afghan women in the United Kingdom, leaving hundreds without access to protection and humanitarian support. According to a joint report by the Amnesty International and…
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Taliban Approves Revised Migrant Housing Plan in Tarinkot, Standardizes Plot Sizes
DID Press: Ministry of Urban Development and Housing under the Taliban administration says Minister Najibullah Hayat Haqqani has approved a revised master plan for a migrant settlement project in Tarinkot, the capital of Uruzgan Province. According to the ministry, the…
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Pakistan Accelerates Deportation of Afghan Migrants
DID Press: Taliban’s High Commission for Addressing Migrant Issues says 3,597 Afghan migrants deported from Pakistan returned to the country on Monday via multiple border crossings. According to the commission, 708 families comprising 3,231 individuals entered through the Torkham crossing,…
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Nearly 4,000 Afghan Migrants Expelled Forcefully from Pakistan in One Day
DID Press: High Commission for Addressing Migrants’ Issues of the Taliban administration says thousands of Afghan migrants have crossed into Afghanistan amid an ongoing deportation campaign by Pakistan. According to the commission, 3,859 Afghan migrants were expelled from Pakistan in…
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Taliban Inspects Torkham Crossing Amid Rising Migrant Returns
DID Press: Mawlawi Abdulmanan Hassan, the military deputy of the Border Police under the Interior Ministry of the Taliban administration, has conducted an inspection visit to the Torkham border Commissionerate, security checkpoints, and the conditions of returning migrants. According to…
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Billions of Afghanis Allocated to Support Vulnerable Families Across Afghanistan
DID Press: Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation announced that more than 3.3 billion Afghanis were distributed in (2025–2026) to support over 522,000 returnee and internally displaced families across Afghanistan. According to the ministry, a total of over 3 billion and…
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Registration Bottlenecks and Harsh Weather Conditions Disrupt Repatriation Process
DID Press: The return of Afghan refugees to their homeland continues, with more than 10,000 people having crossed back into Afghanistan so far. Thousands more, after passing the border, have been accommodated at the camp in Landi Kotal, while refugees…
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