3 Afghan asylum seekers murdered in southern Italy Two months after one of the most shocking crimes against migrants in Europe in recent years, the bodies of three Afghan refugees who were murdered in southern Italy before their vehicle was set ablaze have been repatriated to Afghanistan...

According to AnsarPress, a joint statement issued by the two organizations says that Afghanistan`s overlapping crises-including the large-scale and forced return of migrants from neighboring countries, the lack of alternative livelihoods following the reduction of opium poppy cultivation, declining humanitarian assistance, and restrictions imposed on women and girls-have significantly heightened people`s vulnerability to trafficking in persons and other forms of exploitation...

According to AnsarPress, a joint statement issued by the two organizations says that Afghanistan`s overlapping crises-including the large-scale and forced return of migrants from neighboring countries, the lack of alternative livelihoods following the reduction of opium poppy cultivation, declining humanitarian assistance, and restrictions imposed on women and girls-have significantly heightened people`s vulnerability to trafficking in persons and other forms of exploitation...

Amnesty International has called for the immediate suspension of forced returns and deportations of migrants and asylum seekers to Afghanistan under Taliban rule, warning that such actions place the lives and safety of millions of people-particularly women and children-at serious risk...