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Afghan refugees alleges mistreatment by Iranian security forces
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Local officials in Nimroz province confirmed the distressing situation and disclosed troubling statistics. In the past two months, out of the 120,000 Afghan refugees who returned from Iran, an alarming 90 per cent of them were reportedly forcibly deported.
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Afghan acting PM Hassan Akhund appeals Pakistan to not "expel Afghans in a
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
As Pakistan announced to expel nearly 2 million Afghan refugees, Afghanistan acting Prime Minister Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund said that the action is against international laws, reported TOLO News.
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"I want to dedicate this win to them": Skipper Shahidi sends special messa
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Afghanistan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi dedicated their victory over the Netherlands in the ongoing World Cup to refugee people who are being forcefully expelled from Pakistan.
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"We hope new Mizoram govt will listen to our problems," say Myanmar refuge
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The refugees who fled from Myanmar to seek shelter in Mizoram expressed hope that the new government in the poll-bound state would listen to their problems and extend support to them.
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Taliban terms Pakistan's treatment of Afghan refugees as "cruel"
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Afghanistan's Taliban-appointed acting Defense Minister Mawlawi Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid has criticized the Pakistan caretaker government's treatment of Afghan refugees.
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Pakistan opens more border centres to expedite return of undocumented Afgh
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Pakistan on Friday opened more border centres to expedite the return of tens of thousands of undocumented Afghan nationals, an official said, Dawn reported.
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"Education opportunity in the universities will be provided", says Afghani
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
As Afghan refugees return to Afghanistan following Pakistan's forced expulsion, Afghanistan's Ministry of Higher Education said that they will provide education opportunities to the returnees in government and private universities, TOLO News reported.
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Pakistan's forced expulsion of Afghan refugees sparks global reactions
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Pakistan's move to forcefully expel foreign migrants, including illegal Afghan refugees, has sparked international reactions in recent days, TOLO News reported.
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Pakistan cracks down on Afghan migrants as deadline expires
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Pakistani authorities on Wednesday launched a crackdown on illegal Afghan refugees as a government-set deadline for them to leave the country expired, The Express Tribune reported on Thursday.
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Most Afghan refugees returning to Afghanistan suffer from stress, mental t
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Most of the Afghan refugees returning to Afghanistan suffer from stress and mental trauma, according to doctors at the health camp set up by the government in Landi Kotal tehsil of Khyber tribal district, Dawn reported.
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Jabalya is permanent residence of Palestinians, no refugees there: Israel
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
"No refugees there, just as my grandparents from Morocco and Poland who fled to Israel in 1948 are no longer refugees. Time to lay these fictional and hereditary refugee claims to rest @UNWRA @cnni," Israel Defence Forces spokesperson Jonathan Conricus said.
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Pakistan: Politicians, activists move SC against deportation of Afghan ref
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Politicians including Pakistan Peoples Party's (PPP) Farhatullah Babar, Jamaat-e-Islami's Senator Mushtaq Ahmed, National Democratic Movement's (NDM) Mohsin Dawar, and others have moved the top court to take suo motu notice of the caretaker government's policy under Article 184 (3) of the Co
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