Tag: afghan
Balkans 17.02.23 | 21:53

Disaster: 18 Afghans found dead in an abandoned truck near Sofia

Eighteen migrants from Afghanistan were found dead in a truck carrying a total of 50 people through Bulgaria. The truck was left abandoned, without apparent signs of a traffic accident. The surviving people are in serious but not life threatening condition. One of the deceased is a child and five of...
Macedonia 26.11.21 | 20:48

Macedonia admits 14 Afghan refugees

Macedonia admitted 14 additional Afghan refugees, in this case former UN employees and their family members, who fear for their lives after the defeat of the NATO led forces and the Afghan Government. The group, like others before them, are housed in hotels near Skopje. There are currently 568 Afghan...
Macedonia 05.11.21 | 11:14

New group of 131 Afghan refugees arrives in Macedonia

A new group of 131 Afghan refugees landed in Skopje yesterday evening. It’s made up mostly of former UN employees who fled Kabul after the defeat of the NATO led forces and the Afghan Government. They will be accommodated in hotels near Skopje, bringing the total number of temporarily housed Afghans...
Macedonia 16.10.21 | 19:19

Afghan man found dead near Demir Kapija

A young man from Afghanistan was found dead this morning in a village near Demir Kapija. The man, identified by the police as Sh. U. (24) had visible injuries on his body. It’s not clear what caused the death. It’s presumed that he was an illegal immigrant from Afghanistan, on his way to...
Macedonia 14.10.21 | 12:48

Ten Afghan refugees relocated from Macedonia to France

A group of 10 Afghan refugees who were initially accommodated in Macedonia, have left the country for France. There are a little under 500 Afghans in hotels around Skopje, where they await the processing of their asylum applications in other countries.
Macedonia 08.10.21 | 14:37

New group of 149 Afghans lands in Skopje – most of them worked for the Soros Foundation

A new group of 149 Afghan refugees arrived in Macedonia yesterday evening, the Government revealed after reporting from the Infomax news site. The group is made mainly of employees of George Soros Open Society Foundation in Afghanistan and other international organizations, who fled after the defeat...
Macedonia 05.10.21 | 18:05

Additional 97 Afghan refugees brought to Macedonia

A new group of 97 Afghan refugees arrived to Macedonia today. Like the previous two groups, there are also mainly former workers of international organizations – in this case the National Democratic Institute (NDI) – who fled Afghanistan after the defeat of the international forces and the...
Macedonia 16.09.21 | 17:14

Two Afghan migrants robbed and kidnapped an Indian man near Kumanovo

Two Afghan illegal migrants were arrested after they assaulted an Indian migrant, robbed him and kept him hostage while they demanded more money from his family. The incident happened in the village of Tabanovce near Kumanovo, on the border with Serbia, which serves as a major base on the Balkan migrant...
Macedonia 04.09.21 | 08:22

First Afghan refugee baby born in Macedonia is named Islam

The first baby born to a family from the group of 149 Afghan refugees that were sent to Macedonia was discharged from hospital and is with the family. The baby boy, weighing at 3.2 kg, was named Islam. The Red Cross organized a celebration in honor of the baby, including mekici – the fried dough...
Macedonia 31.08.21 | 17:19

Afghan refugee gives birth to a baby boy after her evacuation to Skopje

A woman refugee from Afghanistan gave birth to a baby boy today, shortly after her arrival to Macedonia. A group of 149 Afghans landed at the Skopje airport yesterday evening after their evacuation from Kabul. Five of them are pregnant women. Macedonia agreed to host about 750 Afghans, and the Zaev regime...
Macedonia 30.08.21 | 22:24

First Afghan refugees set to arrive in Macedonia

The first group of 149 Afghan refugees is expected to arrive to Skopje this evening. The Zaev Government agreed to accommodate 750 refugees and expressed readiness for nearly 2,000 – mostly people who worked for the Afghan Government and international NGO groups such as OGP, the World Economic...
Macedonia 26.08.21 | 15:44

Cost of accommodating Afghan refugees put at 1,200 EUR per person

Zoran Zaev estimated the cost of accommodating Afghan refugees in Macedonia at 74,000 denars per person – or about 1,200 EUR. Zaev insisted that it’s a small price for Macedonia to show it stands in solidarity with the Afghans, “together with the most developed countries in the world”. It’s...
Macedonia 23.08.21 | 15:03

Zaev: We probably have bigger hearts than other countries, that is why we will take more Afghan refugees

We probably have bigger hearts than other countries, and feel greater humanity than others after what our region has been through, said Zoran Zaev during a press conference today, when asked about the outsized number of refugees from Afghanistan his Government offered to accept compared to nearly all...
Macedonia 17.01.20 | 16:37

Two Afghan migrants caught in a cargo train bound for Hungary

Two illegal migrants from Afghanistan were detained while crossing the Macedonian – Serbian border. The two were hiding in a cargo train bound from Greece for Hugary. A Serbian border guard noticed that seals on the train cars were broken and found the two Afghan men, aged 18 and 20, hiding among...
Macedonia 13.11.19 | 19:30

Afghan migrant woman reported raped in the village of Lojane

Two Iranian migrants reported to Kumanovo police that they witnessed the rape of an Afghan woman in the village of Lojane, on the border with Serbia. The two men approached police officers in the migrant center at the Tabanovce border crossing. They reported that several men attacked them in Lojane,...
World 07.08.19 | 11:14

Austrian court sentences Afghan who planned to bomb the main Vienna railway station

On Tuesday, an Austrian court sentenced the 27-year-old Afghan migrant to fourteen months in prison for making preparations to carry out a suicide attack at Vienna’s main railway station in 2015, the V4 news agency reported. The 27-year-old Afghan got off with a relatively light sentence because...

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