Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Wahidi has said the country will deport Afghan immigrants who do not have legal documents for residence, TOLO News reported.
Activists of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) in Europe staged a protest outside the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) building in Geneva to denounce the crackdown and forced deportation of Afghan refugees from Pakistan to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.
World Food Program (WFP) Director in Afghanistan, Hsiao-Wei Lee, has expressed deep concern regarding the forced deportation of refugees from Pakistan ahead of the harsh winter season, Khaama Press reported.
Several Western diplomats and the United Nations have strongly criticised Pakistan over its decision to impose hundreds of dollars in exit fees for every Afghan refugee who fled the persecution by the Taliban condemning the decision as "shocking and frustrating", The Guardian reported.
According to Taliban-led ministry on Wednesday said that 1,957 Afghan migrants have returned to Afghanistan from Iran through the Islam Qala border crossing.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has called on Pakistan to halt the deportation of Afghan refugees during winter amid concerns for their safety, Khaama Press reported.
Bangladesh will be making a fresh appeal to Canada for the deportation of Noor Chaudhury -- the convicted killer of Bangladesh's Father of the Nation 'Bangabandhu', Sheikh Mujibur Rahman -- after the bombshell revelation made in a new documentary about him freely living in Canada.
Seven Pakistani nationals narrowly escaped detention to Afghanistan after the authorities confirmed their true identities after initially suspecting them of being Afghan immigrants, Dawn reported citing sources.
Several medical professionals discussed the transmission of several infectious diseases among recently deported refugees from Pakistan, TOLOnews reported.
The civil society activists in Pakistan have demanded to halt the forced deportation of Afghan refugees from the country, as many of them continue to face harsh circumstances amid the ongoing situation, TOLOnews reported.