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Whilst I do empathize with the Afghans, this is not a problem the Pakistani state should have to lug responsibility for. Essentially these Afghan's were told (rightly or wrongly) they would get entry into European countries /USA and have now been stuck behind red-tape and heel dragging of functionaries, undocumented migrants are a security risk whichever way you look at the picture.
Very informative, Thanks for highlighting them.
Excellent.Till 4th January 2024 .
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Repatriation of illegal foreign nationals continuing
January 05, 2024
(FILE PHOTO)
Repatriation of illegal foreign nationals including Afghans to their homeland is continuing in a dignified and safe manner.
According to latest statistics, 1138 more illegal Afghan nationals returned to their country yesterday.
So far, 459,184 illegal Afghans have been repatriated to Afghanistan.
The repatriation of illegal Afghans continues
As of January 15, 2024, the total number of illegal Afghans who left Pakistan has reached 468,929 and the return is ongoing.
On January 15, 2024, 214 men, 143 women and 421 children went to their country out of 778 Afghan nationals.
72 families have been repatriated in 42 vehicles to Afghanistan..
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Half a million Afghans return from Pakistan: IOM
AFP
This photograph taken on January 9, 2024 shows an Afghan refugee (2R) deported from Pakistan, receive money as a humanitarian aid at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) camp on the outskirts of Kabul. File Photo: AFP
KABUL: More than 500,000 Afghans have left Pakistan in the four months since Islamabad ordered undocumented migrants to leave or face arrest, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Monday.
According to the latest figures reported by the UN migration agency, 500,200 Afghans left Pakistan between September 15, 2023 and January 13, 2024.
Most rushed to the border in the days leading up to a November 1 exit deadline Islamabad set for the 1.7 million Afghans it said were living illegally in Pakistan, and as police opened dozens of holding centres.
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“Since the initial peak around November 1, the number of individuals crossing these official border points have consistently decreased but remains higher than pre-September 15th,” an IOM statement said.
Pakistan defended the crackdown by pointing to security concerns in its regions bordering Afghanistan and pressure on its struggling economy.
“Some Afghans forced to return may be at risk of persecution, arbitrary arrest and detention and/or torture or ill-treatment,” the UN’s Afghan mission said in a report on Monday.
Meanwhile, the busiest border crossing between the two countries remained closed for the tenth day running in a dispute over document rules for commercial drivers.
The row centres on demands for drivers from both sides to have visas and passports – documents many Afghans do not have – as Pakistan cracks down on cross-border movements.
More than 400 trucks were stranded on the Pakistan side of the Torkham crossing on Monday, according to a border official who asked not to be named.
Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have grown increasingly fraught in recent months, with Islamabad accusing the Taliban government of failing to root out militants staging attacks in Pakistan from their soil.
Kabul has always rejected the allegations.
Millions of Afghans fleeing conflict have poured into Pakistan over the past four decades, including some 600,000 since the Taliban ousted the US-backed government and imposed its harsh interpretation of Islamic law.
Some of the Afghans crossing into Afghanistan as a result of Islamabad’s eviction scheme were entering the country for the first time, having lived their whole lives in Pakistan.
Upon arrival, migrants have received modest assistance from the government and NGOs in a country contending with one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world.
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