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Afghanistan
Tehran Orders Schools to Enroll All Afghan Students, Even Those without Documents
DID Press: Tehran’s Department of Education has issued a new directive requiring all schools in the city to enroll eligible Afghan students, even if they lack formal enrollment or education referral documents. According to the department’s public relations office, the…
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Punjab Intensifies Crackdown on Afghanistani Migrants
DID Press: Pakistan Punjab province has launched the third phase of its ongoing campaign to detain and deport Afghanistani migrants, as part of the federal government’s continued hardline policy toward undocumented foreigners. According to Pakistani media reports, 123 Afghanistani nationals…
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Afghanistan
Iran Urges More Global Funding to Support Afghanistani Refugees
DID Press: Iran has called on the international community to provide stronger financial backing for its programs supporting Afghanistani refugees, citing the country’s long-standing humanitarian role despite economic sanctions. Sayed Mohammad Bathaee, Iran’s deputy interior minister and head of Social…
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Pakistan Deports Afghanistani Refugees Linked to US Back to Taliban
DID Press: Pakistan has deported Afghanistani refugees who previously worked with U.S. forces and were awaiting resettlement in the United States, back to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, according to Washington Post. The report said the deportees are now living in fear and…
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Afghanistan
All Afghanistani Refugees Should Return Home, says Pakistan
DID Press: Pakistan’s Defense Minister, Khawaja Muhammad Asif, said that all Afghanistani refugees should return to their country, claiming their presence in Pakistan has created security problems and that terrorist operations are being launched from Afghanistan soil against Pakistan. Asif…
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Direct Crossing for Undocumented Afghanistani Migrants Banned at Dogharoon Border
DID Press: Iran’s Director General of Foreign Nationals and Afghanistani Refugees Affairs in Khorasan Razavi Province announced that from now on, Afghanistani migrants without residence permits must return to their country exclusively through two designated camps in the province, while…
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Afghanistan
UN Urges Pakistan to Halt Deportation of Afghanistani Refugees
DID Press: Richard Bennett, UN Human Rights Council’s Special Rapporteur for Afghanistan, has called on Pakistan to stop the planned deportation of Afghanistani refugees. On Tuesday, August 31, Bennett emphasized in a post on X (formerly Twitter) that Pakistan’s current…
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Afghanistan
Urgent Call to Relocate Afghanistani Refugees from Pakistan to Germany
DID Press: Amid growing concerns over the situation of Afghanistani refugees in Pakistan, several human rights organizations have formally requested German government to facilitate the immediate relocation of more than 2,000 Afghanistani refugees to Germany. In a letter addressed to…
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Afghanistan
Germany sued over deportation of Afghanistani refugees from Pakistan
DID Press: Rights groups said Pakistan arrested hundreds of Afghanistani refugees this week, including some accepted into a German programme and awaiting visas. Rights activists in Germany filed criminal cases Friday against two German ministers after Afghanistani refugees accepted under…
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Afghanistan
Returning Migrants Face Uncertain Future
DID Press: Following a massive wave of Afghanistani migrants returning from neighboring countries, thousands of returnees are now living in temporary camps in capital Kabul. With the accelerated return of migrants from neighboring nations, Kabul’s temporary camps have in recent…
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