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US’s Afghan Adjustment Act Allows Afghan Evacuees to Apply for Permanent Status

Prior to the first anniversary of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the Afghan Adjustment Act has been sponsored by the US Senate and House of...

With ‘Third Generation of Afghan Children Born in Exile’; Afghanistan Becomes the Third-Largest Displaced Population

According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) report, Afghanistan has the third-largest refugee population and the region's largest displaced population after...

Sydney Demonstrators Demand an Immediate Increase in the Afghan Refugee Intake

Demonstrators in The Justice for Refugees rally in Sydney, according to Australian media, called for “fundamental changes” in how refugees are treated and the...

Turkey to Forcibly Deport Over 200 Afghan Migrants

According to the Turkish state-run Anatolian Agency, 215 undocumented Afghan migrants, who have been transferred from Edirne to Istanbul, in northwestern Turkey, will be...

Heat Exhaustion in a Car’s Airless Trunk Kills an Afghan Migrant on the Way to Iran

According to local sources in the province of Ghazni in southeast Afghanistan, a resident of Ghazni's Jaghatu district died in agony from heat exhaustion...

Canada’s Special Afghan Immigration Program Closes to New Applicants

The federal government of Canada is no longer accepting new referrals for the special immigration program designed to give priority to former employees of the Canadian Armed...

Flight From Pakistan Takes 181 Afghans to the Netherlands

The Dutch government announced Wednesday that a group of 181 Afghans had flown to safety following the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan last year. They...

Turkey Deports 136 Undocumented Afghan Migrants to the Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan

According to a Turkish news agency, 136 undocumented Afghan migrants were taken to the airport and deported back to Afghanistan on charter planes while...

USCIS Statistics: US Denies Granting Humanitarian Parole Visas to 90% of Afghan Applicants

According to the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) records, the bulk of Afghan humanitarian parole applications to the US are still pending, with...

Afghan Working Children in Iran Increase by 20 Times as the Taliban Takes Control of Afghanistan

According to the Iranian media, the number of Afghan child laborers in Iran has increased 20-fold since the Taliban assumed power, citing officials from human rights organizations. Consistent with...

Germany Intends to Restrict the Number of Afghan Refugees Admitted Into the Country

The German Ministry of Interior intends to impose quotas on the number of Afghan refugees admitted to the country. According to the German news magazine...

Juilliard School of Music and Dance Will Bestow an Honorary Doctorate to an Afghan Music Educator Who Escaped the Taliban

Dr. Ahmad Naser Sarmast shifted the Afghanistan National Institute of Music (ANIM) from Kabul to Lisbon, Portugal. The school currently has a flourishing music education...

Concerns About the Census Have Prompted an Iranian Minister to Warn Afghan Refugees

According to an Iranian minister, Afghan refugees in Iran must take part in the census. Non-participation in the census is "illegal," according to Interior Minister Ahmad...

International Response to Ukraine’s Refugee Crisis

The physical, psychological, and material well-being of all displaced people in Ukraine is jeopardized by the Ukrainian refugee crisis. Despite widespread support for Ukrainians...

Amnesty International expresses concern over Afghan refugees’ torture in Iran

Amnesty International’s campaigner in South Asia Samira Hamidi expressed concern over the recent torture of Afghan refugees in Iran terming the acts to be...

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