Charlie Goodlake

Force in Play

As of September 2026: Public face of the UN response to the return wave

Nazia spent decades in Pakistan with her eight sisters and their children. In 2026, authorities deported the family to Afghanistan, a country she told the BBC she had never seen. She is one of six million Afghans returned since September 2023, a wave UNHCR calls the largest in recent history.

Updated Sep 4