Refugees
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Afghanistan
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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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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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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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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IOM, Caretaker Government Cooperating to Support Migrants
DID Press: The International Organization for Migration (IOM), in collaboration with other international entities, is working to identify the skills of refugees and facilitate greater employment opportunities to support them. The International Organization for Migration (IOM), alongside other international organizations,…
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Pakistan Resumes Expulsion of Over One Million Afghanistani Migrants
DID Press: Pakistani government has once again resumed the process of expelling Afghanistani migrants who hold residence cards—an action that, according to officials, will affect about 1.4 million people across the country. The decision was made after the expiration of…
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German Green Party: Taliban Regime Should Not Be Recognized
DID Press: Omid Nouripour, Vice President of the German Parliament and a member of the Green Party, has warned that the ongoing process of deporting Afghanistani refugees from Germany, along with the German government’s contacts with the Taliban’s caretaker government,…
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Transfer of Authority for Expelling Afghanistani Migrants to Border Provinces; Khorasan Razavi Takes Direct Responsibility
DID Press: In a new decision, the authority to make decisions regarding the expulsion of Afghanistani migrants has been transferred to Iran’s eastern provinces, including Khorasan Razavi. This move, according to local officials, has “removed the burden of managing migration”…
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Taliban-Iran-UN trilateral meeting on Afghanistan refugees to be held in Kabul
DID Press: A trilateral meeting will soon be held in Kabul with the participation of the Taliban government, Iran and the UN representatives to review the situation of Afghanistani refugees, announced Representative of the UNHCR. According to the Taliban government’s…
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