In a scathing indictment of Pakistan's treatment of Afghan refugees, a human rights group charged Monday that the country is forcing hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees back to their homeland, which is still beset by war and crushing poverty, ABC news reported.
It also said that a $400 stipend the United Nations refugee agency gives to refugees who returnRead more
The United Nations refugee agency says about 60,000 people have fled South Sudan since fighting broke out between rival army factions almost four weeks ago.
The agency says about 52,000 people went to Uganda, 7,000 to Sudan and 1,000 to Kenya.
The UN says almost 900,000 South Sudanese have left their country since civil war broke out in December 2013.Read more