Jammu Divisional Commissioner on Wednesday met with the representatives of West Pakistani Refugees and Displaced Persons for the years 1947, 1965, and 1971.
The Taliban's Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation announced the repatriation of hundreds of migrants from Pakistan to Afghanistan. On Tuesday, the department declared on its official website that, as of Monday, 813 Afghan migrants had returned home.
As long as Pakistan is deporting Afghan refugees, 100 families a day on average are crossing into Afghanistan, according to officials at the refugee camps at Torkham Crossing, TOLOnews reported.
Amid the ongoing deportation of Afghan migrants from Pakistan, the Taliban urged the nations not to use Afghan immigrants as a 'political tool' on Monday, according to TOLOnews.
Afghan refugees who were evacuated from Pakistan through the Chaman border have described the hardships they faced, including being locked up and forced to pay money for leaving by Pakistani officials, Pakistan vernacular media Jang reported.
The Patan High Court on Thursday ordered the release of Nepal's former Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand on NRs 3 million bail in the fake Bhutanese refugee scam case.
Israel's Foreign Minister Eli Cohen applauded the decision of the Swiss Parliament to end funding for United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees
The spokesperson of the United Nations World Food Program in Afghanistan, Ziauddin Safi, has said that the organisation requires an additional USD 23.6 million to assist 600,000 refugees deported by Pakistan, TOLOnews reported.
Mohammad Yousuf and Fatih Khan, who left Afghanistan and went to Iran to make both ends meet have been deported from Iran. They complained about the mistreatment of Afghan refugees by Iranian forces.