Pakistan expelled nearly 700,000 Afghan citizens in a year
KABUL (SW) – Pakistani media, citing government officials, have reported that from July 21, to August 17, 2024, Pakistan expelled 32,200 Afghan citizens.
Category: MIGRATION
Afghan returnees from Iran share grim tales of persecutions
KABUL (SW) – A number of Afghan returnees from Iran have shared with Salam Watandar the grim tales of persecution they faced over there during their stay as migrants.
Viral video brings to spotlight the torture Afghan migrants face in Iran
KABUL/TEHRAN (SW) – The viral video of an Iranian security official sitting forcefully on the neck of an Afghan migrant has brought to spotlight the abusive treatment many such migrants face in Iran.
Afghan migrants in Iran face increasing hardships amid growing government pressures
KABUL/TEHRAN (SW) – In recent months, Afghan migrants in Iran have been facing a deepening crisis as government pressures escalate. As tensions rise and policies
Afghan migrants in Iran fear arrests, persecutions
KABUL (SW) – A number of Afghan migrants who went to Iran to find work, say that they left Afghanistan fearing poverty and joblessness after the return of the Islamic Emirate, but now they are frightened to by caught and persecuted by the Iranian police.
Afghan immigrants concerned about rising xenophobia in Iran
KABUL/TEHRAN (SW) – Several Afghan migrants in Iran report that due to the rising xenophobia, a significant number of documented and undocumented immigrants have been sent back to Afghanistan.
Over 4,000 Afghan nationals repatriated from Iran, Pakistan
KABUL (SW) – In the past three days, a total of 4,233 Afghan citizens have returned from Iran and Pakistan, both voluntarily and under duress.
Approximately 12,000 Afghan citizens return from Iran, Pakistan in past four days
KABUL (SW) – In the past four days, a total of 11,997 Afghan citizens have returned from Iran and Pakistan, both voluntarily and involuntarily, according to the Ministry of Repatriations and Refugees (MoRR).
Over 3,000 Afghan nationals repatriate from Iran, Pakistan amid escalating pressures
KABUL (SW) – In the past day, a total of 3,255 Afghan citizens have returned forcibly and voluntarily from Iran and Pakistan.
Afghan migrants in Iran, Pakistan face escalating pressures, lodge complaints against host countries
KABUL/TEHRAN (SW) – Following increased incidents of detention, harassment, and expulsion of Afghan migrants from Iran and Pakistan, several of them residing in these two countries say that pressures have intensified recently.
Thousands of Afghan citizens return from Iran, Pakistan
MONITORING (SW) – The Ministry of Repatriations and Refugees (MoRR) announced that 1,122 Afghan citizens have returned from Iran and Pakistan, both voluntarily and involuntarily.
Over 2,000 Afghan nationals deported from Iran, Pakistan in single day
KABUL (SW) – Over 1,773 Afghan migrants were forcibly or voluntarily deported through the Islam Qala border crossing in Herat province, and additional 324 migrants were forcibly expelled through the Spin Buldak border crossing in Kandahar province, in the past day.
