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Canada: Deportation of Afghan Refugees from Tajikistan Concerning

Khaama Press 10 Aug 2025
Canada’s immigration department has expressed deep concern over reports that Tajikistan may deport Afghan refugees awaiting resettlement, urging urgent international action to ensure their safety and protection.
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Afghan refugee builds friendships in Fort Worth, finds purpose in helping others

Fort Worth Star-Telegram 09 Aug 2025
It’s been four years since the U.S. pulled out of Afghanistan and the Taliban returned. More than 1,000 Afghans now call Fort Worth home ... .
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Reintegrating millions of Afghan refugees is critical to a peaceful future, a UN official says

Newsday 09 Aug 2025
ISLAMABAD — Reintegrating Afghan refugees is critical to the country’s peaceful future as social cohesion will be reduced without it, a U.N ... Some 2.2 million Afghans have crossed the ... refugee agency.
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Displaced Twice: The Human Cost of Pakistan’s Forced Repatriation of Afghan Refugees

Khaama Press 08 Aug 2025
Revived in late 2023, the policy has triggered a nationwide crackdown on undocumented Afghan refugees ... Afghan refugees have long contributed to informal labor markets in Balochistan and Khyber ...
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Reintegrating millions of Afghan refugees is critical to peaceful future: UN official

ABC News 08 Aug 2025
A U.N. official says reintegrating Afghan refugees is crucial for the country's peaceful future ... .
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UNHCR urges Pakistan to stop deportation of vulnerable Afghan refugees

Suryaa 08 Aug 2025
UNHCR has voiced serious concern over Pakistan's decision to deport Afghan refugees who have temporary residence permits and demanded protection of vulnerable people, leading Afghan news agency Khaama Press reported.
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UNHCR Urges Pakistan to Halt Deportation of Vulnerable Afghan Refugees

Khaama Press 08 Aug 2025
UNHCR has urged Pakistan to stop deporting vulnerable Afghan refugees, warning that forced returns, especially of women, girls, and the ill, could violate basic human rights and protections.
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Pakistan extends Afghan refugee deportation deadline to Sept. 1

Newsday 07 Aug 2025
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistan extended the deadline for the deportation of millions of Afghan refugees to Sept ... Afghans have fled to Pakistan over the past four decades to escape war, political instability and economic hardship in their homeland.
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UN Expert Warns Against Pakistan’s Rapid Mass Deportation of Afghan Refugees

Khaama Press 06 Aug 2025
UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett warned that Pakistan’s mass, rapid deportation of Afghan refugees is deeply concerning, citing risks of instability and worsening humanitarian conditions in Afghanistan.
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Pakistan starts deporting registered Afghan refugees, says UNHCR

Arab News 06 Aug 2025
Updated 6 sec ago. Reuters. August 06, 2025 10.12. .
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UNHCR Urges Pakistan To Stop Forced Returns Of Afghan Refugees

Scoop 06 Aug 2025
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, is calling for Pakistan to halt the forcible return of Afghan refugees holding proof of registration (PoR) cards, Spokesperson Babor Baloch said on Tuesday in Geneva ....
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Pakistan’s Move To Deport Afghan Refugees By Sept 1 Raises Concern From UNHCR

News18 06 Aug 2025
The refugees will now be allowed a 25-day “grace period” from August 4 to August 31 to voluntarily repatriate ... .
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Pakistan starts deporting registered Afghan refugees: UNHCR

The New Arab 06 Aug 2025
Pakistan has started to deport documented Afghan refugees ahead of its deadline for them to leave, according to the United Nations, in a move that could see more than one million Afghans expelled from the country.
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