Pakistan has extended the stay of Afghan refugees for another 2 months
The cabinet of the interim government of Pakistan has approved the extension of the stay of 1.3 million Afghan refugees for another two months. |
According to the regional office of Tasnim News Agency, Ministry of Affairs Marzi of Pakistan announced that the country’s cabinet has approved the extension of the residence cards of Afghan refugees for another two months (the end of March).
“Geo News” wrote that this decision The recommendation of the coordination network related to Afghanistan has been taken at the request of Kabul. and he had previously said that he has decided to deport about 1.7 million refugees from this country.
Earlier, Human Rights Watch reported that the authorities in Pakistan are in the process of deporting Afghan refugees. They have committed “massive violations” from this country, arrested Afghan refugees “en masse”, confiscated their property and destroyed their identity documents.
A large number of asylum seekers who have gone to Pakistan from Afghanistan to go through the process of staying in other countries, say that their visas have expired and they are worried about being arrested by the police and forced to be deported to Afghanistan. And a number of them have said that they have locked themselves at home.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says that with the support of this commissioner, Pakistan’s Department of Document Renewal and Information Verification of the “Tabat” card Register (POR) has checked and updated about 1.3 million registered Afghan refugees living in Pakistan. 3.7 million Afghan refugees live in Pakistan, while Pakistani officials believe that their number reaches 4.4 million.
Publisher | Tasnim News |