House Democrats call for hearing on Trump’s Afghan refugee policies
The lawmakers criticized recent decisions by the Trump administration, including the closure of the Coordinator for Afghan Relocation Efforts (CARE).
The lawmakers criticized recent decisions by the Trump administration, including the closure of the Coordinator for Afghan Relocation Efforts (CARE).
Many returnees interviewed at key crossing points said they lacked even the most basic shelter and had received little to.
In the west, 4,952 families crossed into Nimroz Province at the Pul-e-Abrisham checkpoint, while 9,691 reentered through Islam Qala in.
"The sheer scale of these returns is creating a humanitarian emergency," the UN agency said. "UNHCR urgently needs your support.
The center currently supports more than 700 students, most of them Afghan refugees living in economically strained conditions.
The looming threat of mass expulsions comes as Iran accelerates its campaign to remove undocumented foreign nationals.
On Friday alone, July 4, nearly 38,000 migrants returned, a Taliban official in Herat said.
The arrests come amid a sharp increase in deportations and growing concerns over mistreatment of Afghan migrants in Iran.
The refugees who included P1 and P2 case holders read a public statement decrying what they called a humanitarian failure.
Several recently deported Afghans interviewed at the border described chaotic and humiliating treatment.