UN launches funding appeal as 110,000 more Afghan refugees return home

UN launches funding appeal as 110,000 more Afghan refugees return home

Migration agency appeal aims to provide support near Afghanistan-Pakistan border and adjacent areas amid severe conditions - Anadolu Ajansı

Nearly 110,000 Afghans Returned from Pakistan in a Month; IOM Seeks Urgent Funding

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Geneva/Kabul, 6 May 2025 – Amid a sharp increase in the number of Afghan nationals returning from Pakistan – including 109,891 between 3 April and 3 May – the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and partners today launched an appeal to scale up urgently needed support at border and neighbouring areas, […]

Humanitarian Fallout of Afghan Mass Deportations

Deporting the innocent Afghans isn’t solving a crisis, it is creating one, as families are torn from their homes and thrust into an uncertain future. Women and children suffer the most. In a staggering wave of displacement, more than 250,000 Afghans returned from Pakistan in April alone, including 96,000 who were forcibly deported, according to the UN refugee agency (UNHCR). Among them were thousands of children, nearly 50,000 in just the first …

Over 250,000 Afghan refugees return home from Pakistan and Iran in April

More than 250,000 Afghan refugees returned home from neighboring Pakistan and Iran in April, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported late Sunday. “Among them are women and girls, who face an uncertain future with restrictions on education, jobs and freedom of movement. Any returns must be voluntary, safe and dignified,” the UNHCR said in a post on X. Nearly seven million Afghan refugees are living outside the country –…

Over 250,000 Afghan refugees return home from Pakistan, Iran in April: UNHCR - People's Daily Online

KABUL, May 5 (Xinhua) -- More than 250,000 Afghan refugees have returned to their homeland from neig