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Central professor is among 2025 Immigrant HOF inductees
New Britain Herald - Connecticut
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NEW BRITAIN — A Central Connecticut State University professor is among four individuals being honored this year by the Immigrant Heritage Hall of Fame for their contributions to Connecticut’s civic, educational and cultural life. Dr. Ali Antar, a...
U.S. to revoke immigration status of Haitian migrants in September
CBS News
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The Trump administration will revoke the legal status and work permits of hundreds of thousands of Haitian migrants in early September, arguing that conditions in Haiti have sufficiently improved for them to return home, the Department of Homeland...
UN: Afghans face highest global resettlement needs for 2026 as deportations surge ahead of regional deadlines
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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June 27, 2025
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 27 (ANI): The United Nations has reported that 2.5 million refugees globally will require resettlement in 2026, with Afghan nationals comprising the largest group in need, according to a report cited by TOLO News. UN...
Murdered Afghans’ families await justice from Australia
The Saturday Paper
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June 27, 2025
In his courtyard where the dairy cows are tied, Esmatullah is reliving his father’s final moments. He squats on the ground, recalling that Mohammed Essa “was begging and crying, ‘Don’t kill me.’ ” “They all stood here … and kicked him on his head....
Study questions if culturally appropriate care must be culture-specific
ABQ Times - New Mexico
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June 27, 2025
James Holloway, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of New Mexico | The University of New MexicoJames Holloway, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of New Mexico | The...
Over 60,000 Afghan refugees return from Iran in 2 days
Pajhwok Afghan News
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June 27, 2025
HERAT (Pajhwok): In just two days, over 60,000 Afghan refugees returned to the country from Iran via Islam Qala port in western Herat province, local officials say. The press office of the governor’s house in a statement said that over 30,000...
Some 33,000 illegal Afghan migrants deported in a day
Tehran Times
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June 27, 2025
TEHRAN –In an unprecedented move, a total of 33,000 undocumented Afghan refugees were sent back from Iran to their home country on Wednesday. Ahmadullah Muttaqi, the Taliban’s director of information and culture in Herat, has posted the same...
Construction of 10 school buildings completed in E. Afghanistan
Xinhua News Agency
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KABUL, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Local authorities have inaugurated 10 school buildings in eastern Afghanistan's Ghazni province, state-run Bakhtar news agency reported Friday. Funded by the administration, the buildings were built at a cost of 110...
United Nations CEDAW Committee Breaks New Ground With First Treaty Body Review Of Afghanistan Since Taliban Takeover In 2021
New Spotlight Nepal
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At a time when Afghan women warn that their very existence is being erased and their voices rendered invisible on the global stage, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) has taken an unprecedented step by...
UAE-funded maternity clinics bringing hope to Afghan families
Gulf Today
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June 27, 2025
In Jalalabad, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Shazia Mohammadi cradles her newborn daughter, Fatima, her seventh child, but the first to be born in a medical clinic. For the first time, Shazia experienced childbirth with access to doctors,...
Artesia's Little India feels widespread impact of immigration raids
ABC7 - California
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June 27, 2025
ARTESIA, Calif. (KABC) -- Many South Asian businesses and restaurants line an area off Pioneer Boulevard in Artesia fondly known as Little India. However, life in the community has really slowed down since federal immigration raids began across...
German police kill Afghan after officer stabbed
Dawn
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June 27, 2025
FRANKFURT: German police said on Thursday they had shot dead an Afghan man after he used a knife to attack officers trying to arrest him, seriously wounding one of them. The incident happened in the southern city of Wangen when two officers...
Mass Immigration Turned Europe Unlivable. America Is Next.
Daily Wire
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June 26, 2025
Now that a critical mass of voters in our largest city have decided to support a socialist Muslim rapper from Uganda who openly despises every founding principle of this country, you’re hearing a lot of predictions about what New York might look...
The current situation in Afghanistan
The Express Tribune
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June 26, 2025
Listen to article Although the international community is preoccupied with the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, and the lingering crisis triggered by Israeli aggressions in the Middle East, the situation further afield in the South Asian region...
More than 30,000 Afghan refugees returned from Iran in one day
Khaama Press
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June 26, 2025
More than 30,000 Afghan migrants returned from Iran in one day, driven by deportations and harsh policies, facing severe hardship upon arrival. Taliban-controlled media reported that more than 30,000 Afghan refugees returned home from Iran...
UNODC: 27,000 at high-risk drug use in Afghanistan, including women and children under 15
Khaama Press
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June 26, 2025
A new UNODC report reveals 27,000 Afghans engaged in high-risk drug use, facing poverty, lack of education, homelessness, and serious social and health consequences. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has released a new report that sheds...
Teen whose family fled the Taliban is using art to advocate for women and girls in Afghanistan
CBC/Radio-Canada
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June 26, 2025
When Setayesh Khasheei goes to school, she's reminded of her classmates and family back home in Afghanistan who are unable to get an education, simply because of their gender. Khasheei, 13, and her family came to Winnipeg in 2021, fleeing their...
How Afghanistan’s education ban has shattered the lives of rural women
Rukhshana Media
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June 26, 2025
By Nosha Asiyan When Lina* became one of the few girls from her district in rural Afghanistan to win a place at university, she hoped she could help pull her family out of poverty. The sacrifices they made to support her – selling livestock to...
US Veterans Recruited To Suppoort Afghan Allies At Immigration Hearings
MENAFN
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June 26, 2025
(MENAFN- Khaama Press) US veterans are being recruited to support Afghan allies at immigration hearings, offering moral support and aiding them in the legal process. Following the revocation of Temporary Protected Status for thousands of Afghan...
Rajnath Singh Says India Is Afghanistan's Largest Regional Development Partner
MENAFN
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June 26, 2025
(MENAFN- Khaama Press) Rajnath Singh, India's Defense Minister, stressed India's vital role as Afghanistan's largest regional development partner. At the recent Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defense Ministers' meeting held in China,...