Migration
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Afghans Deported From US Arrive in Guyana Under Third-Country Deal
DID Press: Guyana has received six deportees from the United States, including Afghan and Cuban nationals, under the Trump administration’s third-country deportation programme, Guyanese officials said. The group arrived on Friday after being vetted and found to have no criminal…
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Austria Deports Convicted Afghan Asylum Seeker to Kabul
DID Press: Austria has deported a 26-year-old Afghan national to Kabul via Istanbul after he was convicted of serious property and drug-related offences, the Austrian Interior Ministry said. The man was deported from Vienna on August 31 and was accompanied…
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Nearly 6 Million Afghans Have Returned From Iran and Pakistan, UN Says
DID Press: Nearly 6 million Afghans have returned to Afghanistan from Iran and Pakistan in less than three years, the United Nations refugee agency said, describing the scale of the movement as unprecedented in recent history. Pakistan has recently confirmed…
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European Parliament to Examine Deportations of Afghan Migrants
DID Press: European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights is set to hold a meeting on Thursday to examine the deportation of Afghan asylum seekers and migrants from European Union member states. The meeting comes amid growing cooperation between some European…
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Taliban Claim Afghanistan Passport Climbs 13 Places in Global Ranking
DID Press: Taliban’s General Directorate of Passports says Afghanistan’s passport has improved its position in the global rankings, rising from 116th to 103rd place. According to the directorate, the Afghan passport ranked 116th in 2021 and has now moved up…
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Trump Administration Suspends Immigrant Visa Interviews Worldwide
DID Press: Just four days after a court lifted a ban on issuing immigrant visas to nationals of 75 countries, the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has announced a suspension of all scheduled immigrant visa interviews at U.S. embassies…
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Afghan Refugees in Nairobi Urge Faster Resettlement Process
DID Press: Afghan refugees in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, have called on the United Nations and resettlement countries to process their cases urgently and fairly, amid growing concerns over lengthy delays. A number of Afghan refugees in Nairobi said prolonged processing…
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AfghanEvac: US Court Ruling Does Not Reopen Door for Afghans
DID Press: AfghanEvac has warned that a U.S. federal court ruling overturning the Donald Trump administration’s suspension of immigrant visa issuance for citizens of 75 countries does not automatically reopen the immigration pathway to the United States for Afghan applicants.…
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US Court Blocks Trump Policy Suspending Immigrant Visas for Citizens of 75 Countries
DID Press: A US federal judge has struck down a Trump administration policy suspending the issuance of immigrant visas to citizens of 75 countries, ruling that the measure was unlawful. Janet Vargas, a judge for the U.S. District Court for…
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Swiss Federal Court Allows Afghan Deportations in Certain Cases
DID Press: Switzerland’s Federal Administrative Court has ruled that the deportation of Afghan asylum seekers can be permissible when “favorable individual circumstances” exist. The ruling followed the rejection of an asylum application by an Afghan national. Judges in St. Gallen,…
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