120 Afghan nationals have been released from prisons in Sindh province in Pakistan. The Embassy of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) in Islamabad announced.
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation distributed cash aids in cooperation with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to eight hundred displaced families in Baghlan.
Recently, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has asked the countries of the region and the world to allow all those who fled Afghanistan to reach their original destination and enjoy their legal right to asylum.
According to sources in Tajikistan, this country has deported around 200 Afghan immigrants. According to them, this has caused a number of immigrants to seek refuge in the country's embassy in Tajikistan due to the fear of deportation.
Following the process of forced deportation of Afghan refugees from Turkey, the government of this country has detained 227 other Afghan refugees and sent them to Istanbul for extradition to Kabul.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says a new wave of migration to Pakistan has emerged due to recent developments in Afghanistan.
"Despite decades of war in Afghanistan, women remain stable," said the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), who led a delegation to Afghanistan, meeting with a group of businesswomen. She also noted that many children, especially girls, have been deprived of education.
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has started disbursing emergency cash assistance to Afghan refugee families in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa impacted by COVID-19 in Pakistan.
The Japanese government has decided to provide another $1 million to Pakistan through the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to equip people and Afghan refugees to fight Covid-19 in Pakistan.
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
Pakistan Minister for States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) on Sunday warned the Prosperous World and the United Nations against developing human crisis in Afghan refugee camps due to prolonged lockdown situation amidst coronavirus outbreak.
UNHCR Spokesman Qaisar Afridi has said the process of voluntary repatriation of Afghan refugees has restarted after a break of three months and would continue for next nine months.
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency Thursday welcomed the European Union’s generous humanitarian aid of €21 million for Afghan refugees and their host communities in Iran and Pakistan. This funding will be channelled towards basic services, such as health, education and access to water.
China has planned to provide aid medical equipment worth $ 250,000 to Afghan refugees in Pakistan this year for improving their living conditions, reports Gwadar Pro, quoting ambassador Yao Jing, as having said at the Refugees’ summit.
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres arrived in Pakistan on February 16 for an official visit during which he will meet with Pakistani leaders and participate in a conference on Afghan refugees, the country’s Foreign Ministry said.