He added, “Pakistan cannot close its borders entirely. Even without signing the 1951 Refugee Convention, it remains legally ...

The forced deportation of Afghan refugees from Pakistan underscores a severe humanitarian crisis that demands urgent attention. The expulsion not only threatens the lives and futures of countless ...

While Pakistan later partnered with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to document and register undocumented Afghan nationals, the refugee crisis remains deeply entangled with ...

In a significant setback for thousands of Afghan nationals awaiting resettlement in the United States from Pakistan, ...

This is not just a refugee crisis, it's a humanitarian crisis," said Kakar. UN says Pakistan has a tradition of protecting Afghans UNHCR's top representative in Pakistan, Philippa Candler ...

The continuing pressure on cash-strapped Pakistan from Afghan refugees has reached ... control of the country and creating the latest refugee crisis. But domestic politics are no excuse for ...

Most of the Afghans in the camp are descendants of refugees who migrated to Pakistan after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. Many are in their 30s, meaning they have never lived in ...

She fears being swept up in a wave of anti-Afghan sentiment, including reports of harassment, extortion and arrests by Pakistan authorities who have cracked down on mainly undocumented families ...

Her mother had worked in Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, for Children in Crisis, a U.S.-funded ... recently said that nearly 80,000 Afghan refugees had left Pakistan for other countries, and ...

By Zia ur-Rehman Reporting from Karachi, Pakistan In a refugee settlement on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan, Afghan families gathered on Sunday to observe the festival of Eid al-Fitr — not ...

With June 20 marking Wolrd Refugee Day, France 24's correspondent in Islamabad Shahzaib Wahlah takes a look at the plight of Afghan refugees in Pakistan, where plans are in place to return many to ...