“For many Afghans, education is not just a right. It is a necessity. If we do not study, we have nothing to stay for, nothing to survive on. Education is a way to escape a fate that threatens us,” Samir says.
The High Commission for Addressing Migrant’ Problems announced that Iran and Pakistan have deported 1,761 Afghan citizens.
Afghan youths are leaving their country in search of economic opportunities despite serious risks abroad. Iran remains a primary destination, even amid political unrest and security threats. Salam Watandar’s findings indicates that Afghan young people are migrating to Iran despite the country is facing waves of internal instability and the threat of an external conflict.
Officials of the Islamic Emirate have called on the Pakistani government to refrain from expelling Afghan migrants during the Eid al-Fitr celebrations.
As the returns and deportations of Afghans decreased significantly in March, mainly due to the border closure, Amnesty International has called on Pakistan to withdraw the opaque ‘illegal foreigners’ repatriation plan targeting Afghan refugees.
All Afghans holding the Afghan Citizen Card (ACC) in Pakistan will be forcibly deported to Afghanistan starting April 1.
Some returning families from Pakistan say that their struggles with migration have not ended, and they still face difficulties in their home country.
KABUL/ TEHRAN (SW) – Officials of Iran’s Ministry of Interior have announced that all illegal Afghan migrants will be expelled from Iran starting in late
Canada and the United States offered to resettle 48 ethnic Uyghurs held in detention in Thailand over the past decade, sources told Reuters, but Bangkok took no action for fear of upsetting China, where they were covertly deported last week.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has reported that more than 18,000 Afghan citizens returned from Pakistan in January of 2025.
The Ministry of Repatriations and Refugees (MoRR) under the Islamic Emirate has announced that 42 Afghan citizens have been released from the “Haji Camp” prison in Pakistan.
The government of Pakistan has devised a plan to move registered Afghan refugees out of Islamabad and Rawalpindi and gradually repatriate them back to their country, sources with knowledge of the plan told Pakistani Dawn newspaper.
