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
Two U.N. refugees and migration agencies have expressed their concern over Pakistan’s recent decision to forcibly deport thousands of Afghan refugees awaiting here for relocation to the United States
Trump refugee resettlement pause order causes 'distress, hardship' for some Erie Afghans
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on his first day in office suspending refugee resettlement programs for at least three months.
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
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.
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.
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
About 20 Afghan refugees and their lawyers will travel to Washington Thursday for meetings with members of Virginia’s ...
Freeze on refugee admissions puts Afghans who helped US war efforts in limbo
Two executive orders signed by President Donald Trump have caused worry among refugees living in Oklahoma, including those ...
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.
Refugee families at risk as federal funding stops, says Montgomery County councilmember
Resettlement agencies in Montgomery County are already starting to feel the impact of the loss of federal funds.
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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.
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 ...
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Pause on US foreign assitance to affect 1.7m Pakistanis, including 1.2m Afghan refugees
UN official says Afghanistan likely to suffer from “1,200 additional maternal deaths and 109,000 additional unintended ...