Afghan Refugees

The 70-page proposal from the Trump Administration takes a sharp turn from a long-held belief that refugees should be sheltered if they face a fear of persecution. The proposal asks to prioritize refugees with a high chance for "successful assimilation" into American culture.

The call follows a high-profile murder case involving a refugee suspect.

Reports of intensified harassment have fed suspicions that Pakistan is pushing out long-term refugees in what could be the the world's largest forced migration.

The deal will help ease Europe's migration crisis, but rights groups say Afghanistan will struggle to cope.

Her arrest for having false ID draws attention to the millions of Afghan refugees living precariously across the border.

Afghans make up one of the world's largest refugee populations by nationality.

More than 200 people have drowned trying to reach Greece from Turkey this year.

Gulwali Passarlay was just 12 when he traveled alone from Afghanistan to the U.K.

More than 3,500 people have died or gone missing at sea this year.

Ex-soldier Rob Lawrie is due back in court in January.

Thousands of Afghans fled their country in the war with Soviets and landed in makeshift camps in Iran where they still reside today.