One in 70 people on Earth has been forced from their home. Wars in Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, and Gaza have kept millions displaced for years. In 2025, a record 14.7 million returned home. Many came back to rubble.
A migrant trawler carrying Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshis overturned en route to Malaysia, prompting a massive rescue effort and renewed warnings over dangerous sea crossings.
Pakistan has only itself to blame for its current imbroglio. While the world was aware of the intent of the US and Israel over Iran and braced for deployment of the second carrier group for hostilities to commence, the failed marshal assumed that this was the right time to teach Afghanistan a lesson.
The number of Afghan nationals arrested and detained in Pakistan surged by 146 per cent in a single week, a spike linked to the reopening of border crossings, according to a joint report by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), Dawn reported.
The top court expressed concern over the UN agency's practice of issuing such cards in the country, amid growing judicial concern over the operations of international bodies in India.
Against this international backdrop, and with the world’s richest and most powerful country, the USA, showing no visible signs of wanting to take the lead on the refugee issue, very little counts.
"A failure to reach a peace agreement in Afghanistan and stem the current violence will lead to further displacement within the country, as well as to neighbouring countries and beyond," UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch said
The UNHCR said they may be forced into 'survival sex' or child marriages. Lockdowns imposed to control the spread of COVID-19 have restricted movement and led to the closure of services.
Jolie's visit comes just before the launch of the 2019 Joint Response Plan, a new appeal for the humanitarian situation in Bangladesh, seeking to raise nearly $920 million
The UNHCR special envoy is likely to meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday
