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Afghan refugees in Pakistan urge US to resume refugee resettlement program
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
Afghan refugees residing in Pakistan have appealed to the United States to immediately resume the US Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP), stating that ongoing delays have left them stranded and increasingly vulnerable.
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Dire deportations: Pakistan to launch third phase of deporting Afghan refu
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Pakistan is set to launch the third phase of Afghan refugees' deportation drive on Monday, as reported by Khaama Press.
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1.3 million Afghan refugees repatriated from Pakistan since November 2023:
Updated : 10 months ago IST
Approximately 1.3 million Afghan refugees have been repatriated by the Pakistan government in a deportation drive launched since November 2023, Parliamentary Secretary Mukhtar Ahmad Malik said.
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Women's freedom movement gives call to end detention of Afghan refugees in
Updated : 10 months ago IST
The Women's Freedom Movement has called for an end to the detention of Afghan refugees in Pakistan, and has demanded immediate action on the same, Khaama Press News Agency reported on Tuesday.
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Pak: PkMAP stages rally in Quetta against Afghan refugees' repatriation
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) of Pakistan staged a rally in Quetta demanding an end to the forced repatriation of Afghan refugees, urging the government to grant them Pakistani citizenship after more than four decades of residence.
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JUI-F chief condemns repatriation of Afghan nationals from Pakistan, urges
Updated : 11 months ago IST
While addressing a press conference on Wednesday, Rehman said, "Pakistani authorities are trampling on the human rights of Afghan refugees by hauling them like chattels in vehicles. Islamabad is unhappy over something else but taking revenge on Afghan refugees. This is a sentimental type of
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Pakistan: 1458 Afghan nationals holding citizen cards deported from Khyber
Updated : 11 months ago IST
As many as 1,458 Afghan nationals holding citizen cards were repatriated from Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to Afghanistan through the Torkham border.
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Pakhtun nationalist leaders call on Pakistan to halt deportation of Afghan
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
Leaders of Pakhtun nationalist parties on Wednesday called on Pakistan to halt the deportation of Afghan refugees, urging the government to stop sending back people who have lived in the country for over four decades, the Dawn reported on Thursday.
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Taliban officials urge Pakistan to prepare joint mechanism for gradual rep
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
Taliban-led Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation spokesperson, Mufti Abdul Mutalib Haqqani, said that bringing the refugees back is the official policy of Afghanistan, Dawn reported. However, it should be conducted under a joint mechanism with Pakistan so that refugees are returned graduall
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UN expresses concern as Pakistan set to resume deportation of Afghan refug
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Holding camps have been set up, and Afghan refugees are being repatriated through the Pak-Afghan border in Balochistan's Chaman district, according to a district official, Dawn reported on Thursday.
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Pakistan delays deadline to deport Afghans due to Eid holidays
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Pakistani government initially set a deadline of March 31 for Afghans with specific documentation to leave the country. However, an official has said that the deadline has now been extended until the beginning of next week due to the holiday period.
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Human rights watchdog Amnesty urges Pakistan to halt Afghan deportations
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
According to the Dawn, citing a statement issued on Wednesday by Amnesty, the organisation criticised Pakistan's March 31 deadline for Afghan refugees to leave, stating that forcibly expelling Afghan nationals--many of whom are asylum seekers--would only worsen their suffering.
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