FILE - Afghan refugee children play next to trucks loaded with their family's belongings as they wait to return Afghanistan along a highway in Landi Kotal, Pakistan, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Muhammad ...

As the bell rings to announce the start of the day, a group of girls run through the gates of Vahdat Primary School in the old Persian city of Esfahan in Iran. Their packed bags bouncing on their ...

Amid a scathing committee hearing on the vetting process of Afghan parolees under the Biden administration, nearly $6 billion in continual funding for refugees is poised to be voted on in Congress.

A year after the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan and heartbreaking scenes of chaos at the Kabul airport, many refugees who fled to the United States are still desperately trying to reunite with their ...

"The danger here is the idea that entire communities can be punished for the actions of a single individual." ...

Afghan refugees, like all refugees, are those who are “persecuted or who (have) a well-founded fear of persecution” in their ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Authorities in Pakistan have resumed the forced deportations of Afghan refugees after the federal government declined to extend a key deadline for their stay, officials said ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — It has been a difficult week for Hewad Hemat. “I feel sad, I feel scared for all those left behind,” Hemat said during a recent interview. “I cannot eat well, and I cannot sleep ...

This year's Nansen Refugee Award winner, Aqeela Asifi, is being honoured for her courageous work and significant contribution to refugee girls' education. Since arriving in Kot Chandana refugee ...

On January 22, President Trump signed an executive order suspending America's refugee program. Aid groups estimate nearly 10,000 people had their travel plans and hopes for a new life abruptly upended ...

Students at an Afghan refugee camp near Peshawar in northwest Pakistan are worried about what comes next for them if they are forcibly repatriated to Afghanistan. RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal met students ...