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IOM staff interview a returnee from Pakistan in Jalalabad. Photo: Matthew Graydon / IOM
Afghan Refugees' Status Extended Until End of Year
Pakistan – Al Jazeera: Pakistan's government has extended a deadline for Afghan refugees to leave the country until the end of 2017, according to state media, writes Asad Hashim.
A meeting of the cabinet, presided over by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, on Tuesday pushed back the refugees' legal right to stay from the previous deadline of March 31, state-run APP news agency reported.
There are currently about 1.3 million registered Afghan refugees residing in Pakistan, according to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR).
Many fled violence in their country more than 30 years ago, during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, with others fleeing the US-led invasion in 2001.
There are also about a million unregistered Afghan refugees present in the country, Pakistani officials say.
A recent crackdown by Pakistani authorities, citing security concerns, has seen a sharp rise in both deportations and voluntary repatriations of Afghan nationals from the country.
Syrian children seeking refuge in Turkey risk becoming stateless. Photo: Muse Mohammed / IOM.
Preventing Statelessness among Migrant Children
Netherlands – Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion: Every 10 minutes, a child is born without nationality somewhere in the world. A new report - The World’s Stateless - reveals that there are over six million stateless children in all regions and most countries of the world today, write Alice Sironi and Michela Macchiavello.
Statelessness can be a driving force behind, but it is also often a consequence of migration. In the various stages of the migration process, the causes of statelessness or risk of statelessness may lie in situations of exclusion, invisibility or particular vulnerability, in which children may find themselves.
Equally it may be due to a conflict between different nationality laws. In other cases, a child’s nationality becomes difficult to prove due to lack of birth registration or lack of an identity document, which could certify where the child was born or who his or her parents are.
IOM has a special interest in preventing statelessness among migrant children and contributed to the section of the report entitled: Migration, Displacement and Childhood Statelessness.
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“Migration is good because it might improve people’s economic condition. More importantly, migration and mobility enables people to escape local oppression and lead dignified lives, further their social networks, learn new skills and disseminate social and political ideas.” – Indrajit Roy, University of Oxford’s “Lives on the Move” study. Read more here.
Migration in the News
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Sputnik and Xinhua reported that according to IOM over 11,000 migrants and refugees have arrived in Europe by sea since the beginning of 2017. At least 255 have died attempting the crossing.
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Thomson Reuters reported that Boko Haram's seven-year bid to create an Islamic state in northeast Nigeria has fuelled tensions and piled pressure on services and infrastructure, leaving people increasingly dependent on aid.
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Qatar News Agency reported that the Qatar Red Crescent and IOM have delivered winterization aid to Syrian refugees in Lebanon affected by a major snow storm.
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New York Times reported on the key role of airline staff and airport workers in spotting and reporting cases of human trafficking.
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