UK stops issuing student visas for several countriesThe UK has implemented a study visa ban on Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar, and Sudan, citing their use as a route for asylum claims. This "...
05 Mar, 2026, 09.56 AM IST
Trump widens travel ban, taking restrictions to over 35 countriesAmerica is tightening its borders with new travel bans. Starting January 1, citizens from 20 more nations will face restrictions. This move...
17 Dec, 2025, 12.28 PM IST
Donald Trump Afghans Nespresso machine claim online repost sparks debate: Who is Robert O’Neill? Here's whole remarkDonald Trump Afghans Nespresso machine claim surfaced after Trump shared a post about Afghans reacting to a Nespresso machine. The repost c...
01 Dec, 2025, 02.34 AM IST
US halts all asylum decisions after shooting of National Guard membersThe Trump administration has seized on the shooting to vow to intensify efforts to rein in legal immigration, promising to pause entry from...
29 Nov, 2025, 10.42 PM IST
National Guard shooting suspect faces murder charge as US halts all asylum decisionsCharges against Rahmanullah Lakanwal were upgraded to first-degree murder after National Guard Specialist Sarah Beckstrom died from injurie...
29 Nov, 2025, 06.15 AM IST
20 nations press on EU to send back 'illegal' Afghan nationalsIn a letter addressed to Magnus Brunner, the Commissioner of Internal Affairs and Migration, twenty European countries have come together t...
19 Oct, 2025, 11.30 AM IST
Germany deports 81 Afghans, second time since Taliban's returnGerman authorities said a flight took off Friday morning carrying 81 Afghans, all of them men who had had asylum applications rejected. Cha...
19 Jul, 2025, 12.55 AM IST
Asylum cases in Europe fell 11% last year: Here's look at the numbersThe European Union's asylum agency reported over 1 million asylum applications in 2024, with Syrians, Afghans, and Venezuelans being the to...
03 Mar, 2025, 02.33 PM IST
Austria calls stabbing that killed teen 'Islamist attack'Saturday's attack in the city of Villach has shaken the Alpine nation after this week's collapse of government talks where immigration and ...
16 Feb, 2025, 06.23 PM IST
Afghan student to serve as diplomat in India amid staff shortage at the Afghan consulateAn Afghan doctoral graduate and long-time resident of India has stepped up to provide crucial consular services for the Afghan community. T...
12 Nov, 2024, 08.41 PM IST
Long wait for freedom: Afghan refugees in limbo in PakistanRights groups have said many Afghans have been left in limbo -- their visas expired because of delays in the Pakistan registration system. ...
30 Nov, 2023, 10.37 AM IST
6 months visa to be granted to Afghan soldiers being trained in IndiaEarlier, a total of 736 Afghans were recorded for new registration from August 1 to September 11, the UNHCR said, adding that it is scaling...
28 Sep, 2021, 09.36 PM IST
Afghanistan can't be ‘controlled from outside': Pakistan PM Khan at SCO summitAddressing the 20th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Council of Heads of State (SCO-CHS) Summit in Tajikistan's capital, Dushanbe, Khan hi...
17 Sep, 2021, 02.49 PM IST
736 Afghans recorded for new registration in India from August 1 to September 11: UNHCRAmong those who have approached the UNHCR are Afghan individuals who have newly arrived in 2021, those seeking reopening of previously clos...
15 Sep, 2021, 01.25 PM IST
Europe fears Afghan refugee crisis after Taliban takeoverHaunted by a 2015 migration crisis fuelled by the Syrian war, European leaders desperately want to avoid another large-scale influx of migr...
21 Aug, 2021, 02.02 PM IST
EU ministers to weigh Afghan security, migrant challengesAfghans are among the biggest group of nationalities seeking sanctuary in Europe, after Syrians. According to some EU estimates, around 570...
17 Aug, 2021, 05.55 PM IST
Afghanistan urges European countries to halt forced deportations of Afghan migrantsThe country is facing a crisis as the insurgents snap up territory across the countryside, stretching government forces and leading to a fr...
11 Jul, 2021, 08.10 PM IST