Pakistan extends deadline for Afghans awaiting third-country resettlement | Refugees News

Pakistan extends deadline for Afghans awaiting third-country resettlement | Refugees News

More than 450,000 Afghans have left the country since Pakistani authorities launched a deportation drive in October. Islamabad, Pakistan – The Pakistani government has announced that undocumented Afghans awaiting paperwork to resettle to a third country will be allowed to stay in Pakistan for two more months. The extension of…

‘Never giving up’: A former Afghan refugee’s mission to heal trauma | Refugees

‘Never giving up’: A former Afghan refugee’s mission to heal trauma | Refugees

Chester, United Kingdom – It is just after 8:30am on a Friday and 40-year-old Waheed Arian is cycling down a path next to a frost-covered football field in the northwestern English city of Chester. His cheeks are slightly flushed as he hops off his bike, and he seems sprightly despite…

Rice, beans and best friends: A Nigerian embrace for Cameroonian refugees | Refugees

Rice, beans and best friends: A Nigerian embrace for Cameroonian refugees | Refugees

Ogoja, Nigeria – Rebecca stares down her sandy street past the palm trees and T-junction. No sign of Blessing. It is already after 7:30am, and their school’s morning assembly will soon start. Rebecca sighs with relief when she sees her friend running towards her. “Sorry, sorry,” Blessing gasps, “I had…

Rwanda row: PM Sunak, who pledged to ‘stop the boats’, faces crucial test | Refugees News

Rwanda row: PM Sunak, who pledged to ‘stop the boats’, faces crucial test | Refugees News

Glasgow, United Kingdom – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak spent the weekend trying to persuade rebel MPs from his own party to back his latest plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda ahead of a crucial House of Commons vote on the policy. The embattled Conservative Party leader wants to…

With Europe’s help, a Libyan brigade accused of killings returns refugees | Refugees

With Europe’s help, a Libyan brigade accused of killings returns refugees | Refugees

Names marked with an asterisk have been changed to protect identities. A shadowy Libyan armed group accused of unlawful killings, torture, arbitrary detention and enslavement, with alleged links to Russia’s Wagner Group, has been forcibly returning refugees with the help of European authorities, a new investigation has found. On several…

‘If I die, I die’: The allure of Pakistan’s death-trap route to Europe | Longform

‘If I die, I die’: The allure of Pakistan’s death-trap route to Europe | Longform

On a warm May evening, Touqeer Pervez packed two pairs of trousers, three shirts, a toothbrush and toothpaste into a small black backpack. The lanky 28-year-old with a neatly trimmed beard was getting ready to leave Bandli, his village in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, on a three-country trip that would see him…