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Iran’s new breed of charities on poverty frontline

Tehran - Arab Today

At an outreach center in southern Tehran, teenagers are learning to be journalists, while upstairs their mothers are fine-tuning their sewing skills and rushing to fill an order for hospital uniforms. The brand-new center in the working-class neighborhood of Shahr-e Rey caters to hundreds of struggling families and Afghan refugees. It’s a relatively new approach for Iran, where social welfareRead more

Pakistan asks US to ensure return of Afghan refugees: Asif

Islamabad - Arab Today

Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Sunday demanded the United States to ensure return of Afghan refugees from Pakistan. Pakistan had started fencing for securing its border with Afghanistan because it was imperative for combating terrorism, he said talking to a private news channel. Afghanistan should focus on the ‘border management’ and fulfill its responsibility in that regard, he said.Read more

Rights group: Pakistan forcing Afghan refugees home

New York - Arab Today

In a scathing indictment of Pakistan's treatment of Afghan refugees, a human rights group charged Monday that the country is forcing hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees back to their homeland, which is still beset by war and crushing poverty, ABC news reported. It also said that a $400 stipend the United Nations refugee agency gives to refugees who returnRead more

Rights group says Pakistan forcing Afghan refugees home

Islamabad - Arab Today

In a scathing indictment of Pakistan’s treatment of Afghan refugees, a human rights group charged Monday that the country is forcing hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees back to their homeland, which is still beset by war and crushing poverty. It also said that a $400 stipend the United Nations refugee agency gives to refugees who return to Afghanistan isRead more

UNHCR: More than 380,000 Afghans returned from Pakistan in 2016

Islamabad - Arab Today

More than 380,000 registered Afghan refugees have returned from Pakistan this year, the highest number since 2007, the United Nations said Friday, adding it handed out $135 million in cash assistance in the last three months alone. Fears of a crackdown on refugees in Pakistan along with a doubling of the UN’s cash grant for voluntary returnees to $400 sawRead more

UN: Conflict displaces record number of Afghans

Kabul - Arab Today

The number of people displaced by conflict in Afghanistan this year has surpassed half a million people, the United Nations reported on Wednesday, the highest number since it began tracking such statistics in 2008. More than 515,800 people have been internally displaced by fighting in 2016, surpassing the previous record of about 471,000 set last year, according to the UNRead more

European Union reaches out to Iran over Afghan refugees

Tehran - Arab Today

Promises of more help for Afghan refugees made by the European Union aid chief on his visit to Iran this month were not enough to dissuade Mariam Haidari from wanting to head to Europe. She plans to go to Germany to join her husband and three of their children who were among a million-strong wave of irregular migrants to arriveRead more

Pakistan extends stay for Afghan refugees until end of March

Islamabad - Arab Today

Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday extended the stay for Afghan refugees in his country, pushing back a previously announced deadline by three months, a government statement said. The decision, which came at a Cabinet meeting in the capital, Islamabad, will enable registered Afghan refugees to stay here until the end of March, according to ABC News. Pakistan isRead more

Iran promises not to force Afghan refugees for repatriation

Kabul - Arab Today

The Iranian authorities have said they will not forcefully deport Afghan refugees from the country, promising that the government will pave the way for the registration of refugees. The issue was shared during a meeting between the Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah and the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Khaama Press reported on Saturday. According to a statement by the governmentRead more