Pakistan issues deadline for Afghan refugees

Pakistan issues deadline for Afghan refugees after Trump blocks US resettlement pathway
Shakoofa Khalili was waiting for her husband to return home with bread from the market when she heard their eight-year-old daughter scream from the balcony.
Pakistan's Afghan refugee deportation plan: Thousands face uncertainty as US resettlement stalls
Pakistan plans to deport Afghan refugees by March 31, 2025, leaving thousands vulnerable. With US resettlement stalled, many fear persecution under the Taliban. Human rights groups warn of severe consequences for at-risk Afghans.
UN agencies raise alarm over Pakistan’s move to deport thousands of Afghans waiting to go to the US
About 20,000 Afghans were approved for resettlement in the U.S. under a program that helps people at risk because of their work with the American government, media, aid agencies and rights groups. They were among tens of thousands of Afghans who fled to neighboring Pakistan after their country fell to the Taliban in 2021.
Pakistan Sets Deadline For West To Relocate Afghan Refugees
Pakistan has said it will deport tens of thousands of Afghan refugees awaiting resettlement in the West if the prospective host countries do not relocate them by the end of March.
Houston’s Afghan refugees, relatives face uncertainty as Trump orders pause on resettlement program
Houston-area Afghan refugees don’t know when they’ll reunite with loved ones after President Donald Trump paused the federal resettlement program.
Afghan refugees urge Pakistan to ease visa regime after Trump pauses US resettlement programs
Afghan refugees are appealing to Pakistan’s premier to ease a visa regime on humanitarian grounds after President Donald Trump paused the U.S. refugee programs, panicking thousands of Afghans who said
UN sounds alarm over Pakistan's new Afghan deportation plans
The United Nations agencies focused on refugees and migration jointly voiced their concerns Wednesday over Pakistan's plans to begin a new round of mass deportations of Afghan refugees and asylum-seekers.
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Afghan refugees head to Washington asking special visas be issued for families
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Trump refugee resettlement pause order causes 'distress, hardship' for some Erie Afghans
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‘Our Afghan Neighbors’ exhibit explores life for Fox Valley refugees
The “Our Afghan Neighbors” exhibit in Appleton features portraits and stories of Afghans who immigrated to the U.S.
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England to play Afghanistan at Champions Trophy despite boycott calls
England will play their Champions Trophy match against Afghanistan later this month, the England Cricket Board (ECB) ...
Des Moines refugee services raising concerns over pause in federal funding
There are roughly 500 refugees from Afghanistan and other nations currently in Polk County who are here legally.
Afghan journalist barred from U.S. under Trump refugee ban says he has ‘no plan left’
On the morning of Jan. 21, in a dimly lit house in Islamabad, Pakistan, Abdul, a 30-year-old Afghan journalist, opened his laptop to see that President Donald Trump had indefinitely suspended refugee ...