Tag: Refugees
Pressure on Afghan refugees to leave Pakistan mounts
Due to strong opposition by the people of Pakistan over the long presence of Afghan refugees, officials are putting pressure on the estimated 2.8...
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
The government plans to cancel refugee status for all Afghans living in the country at the end of this year, leaving some 3 million...
88 Afghan refugees found infected with AIDS virus
Eighty-eight Afghan refugees, including those from the Tribal Areas, have been found to be infected with AIDS, and also include 10 Afghan refugee women....
Afghan refugees face mass deportation from Pakistan
Hundreds of thousands of Afghans face the threat of deportation back to their war-torn country from Pakistan once a deadline expires on Saturday, but...
Iran, Pakistan host the largest number of refugees: UN chief
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message on World Refugee Day, June 20, said The Islamic Republics of Pakistan and Iran host the largest...
UN seeks $2b to speed return of Afghan refugees
Nearly 3 million Afghan refugees in Pakistan and Iran must be encouraged to go home to help stabilise their country and boost prospects for...
Peshawar to repatriate 0.4m illegal Afghan refugees
In a bid to maintain the law and order situation and to combat terrorist activities in Peshawar, the city administration has decided to repatriate...
Murky Pakistan war sparks refugee exodus
Banmaroo stands in the dust, tears rolling down her cheeks as she recalls how her husband was killed in Pakistan's latest battle zone on...
Japan provides $6m for Afghan refugees operations
The Government of Japan has decided to extend US$6 million to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to support its Afghan refugees...
Hundreds of Syrians flee to Lebanon: officials
More than 1,500 Syrians, mainly women and children, have crossed into Lebanon in recent days, fleeing the violence in the central flashpoint province of...
World must help Pakistan repatriate Afghan refugees: PM
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Thursday asked the international community to help in the honourable repatriation of Afghan refugees.
Talking to Antonio Guterres,...
Israel ‘preparing to take in Syria refugees’: army chief
Israel is preparing to receive Syrian Alawite refugees on the occupied Golan Heights if the regime of President Bashar al-Assad collapses, Israel’s army chief...
‘Afghan refugees to be sent home by end of 2012 ’
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)’s country representative Neil Wright has assured the provincial government that Afghan refugees living in the province will...
Bara refugees demand IDP status, basic facilities
The tribesmen of Bara tehsil, Khyber Agency should be declared Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) as they were forced to leave their houses ahead of...
Ties that bind
Chances are that the subcontinent’s public might get to hear the good news that they have been waiting for, for ages. Indo-Pak relations, which...
Pakistan seeks world support to repatriate 3m Afghan refugees
Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani urged the world community on Saturday to help shift the three million Afghan refugees residing in Pakistan back...
Afghan refugees a burden
A news story published in an English daily has alarmed the Pakistani government with the gravity of the issue that even those Afghans refugees...
