Migration
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Taliban: Over 300 Migrants Detained Attempting Illegal Entry into Iran
DID Press: Taliban’s 207 Al-Farooq Corps says it has detained at least 315 people over the past week as they attempted to cross illegally into Iran—part of tightened border controls in western Afghanistan. Officials said the purpose of the arrests…
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Afghan Refugees Denounce Germany’s Buyout Plan
DID Press: A group of Afghan refugees who had been approved for resettlement in Germany have condemned the government’s proposed payment scheme that offers money in exchange for withdrawing from the program, calling it “humiliating and unethical.” According to German…
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Iran Summons Afghanistani Migrants to Kafalat Offices
DID Press: Sources familiar with migrant affairs in Iran say a number of Afghanistani nationals residing in the country have received text messages from relevant authorities instructing them to visit “Kafalat Offices” — a move believed to be related to…
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Pakistan Expelled Over 15,000 Afghanistani Refugees
DID Press: Afghanistani Refugees Commission reported that Pakistan forcibly deported more than 15,000 Afghanistani refugees on Monday through three border crossings. According to Al Jazeera, this action comes amid sharply deteriorating relations between the two countries following recent border clashes.…
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3 Afghanistani Migrants, Including Two Infants, Die Returning from Pakistan
DID Press: 3 Afghanistani migrants — including two infants and one woman — died from hunger and illness after days of harsh conditions at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, local officials in Kandahar province confirmed. The families had been stranded for 15…
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UNHCR: Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan Worsened by Waves of Returning Migrants
DID Press: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has reported that the return of over 2 million Afghanisatni migrants from Iran and Pakistan in the past seven months has intensified both economic and humanitarian pressures on Afghanistan, worsening the…
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Ireland Steps Up Deportations of Afghanistani Nationals
DID Press: Ireland has issued 183 deportation orders for Afghanisatni nationals over the past two years, most of whom fled their country after the Taliban’s return to power, Ireland Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan said. According to new figures released by…
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US Detains Nearly 500,000 Undocumented Migrants in Under a Year
DID Press: US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that over 480,000 undocumented migrants have been arrested across the United States since January. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem claimed that about 70 percent of those detained have criminal records or…
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Pakistan Closes 10 Afghanistani Refugee Camps in Balochistan
DID Press: Following Pakistani government’s decision to completely close ten Afghanistani refugee camps in Balochistan Province, more than 85,000 migrants have been repatriated to Afghanistan. At the same time, a new wave of arrests targeting undocumented migrants has begun in…
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Italy Allocates €2 mln to Support Afghanistani Returnees
DID Press: Italian government has allocated €2 million to support Afghanistani returnees and vulnerable communities across Afghanistan, according to a statement released by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). The funding aims to assist more than two million Afghans who have…
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