Tajik authorities transferred approximately 200–250 Afghan migrants from Mehrabad township on May 4 following the arrest of an Afghan citizen on murder charges, prompting migrant rights advocates to criticize the mass expulsion as a violation of international migration norms. The incident coincides with coordinated deportation campaigns across Europe and Central Asia, with Austria, Germany, Britain, and the EU tightening asylum policies and conducting returns to Afghanistan, while Afghan refugees in Qatar report delayed U.S. relocation commitments.