The beginning of the second phase of forced deportation of Afghan refugees from Pakistan
| According to the announced plans, the government of Pakistan will start the process of forced deportation of Afghan refugees with certain residence documents from today. |
According to the regional office of Tasnim News Agency, based on The deadline set by the local government of “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa” state, until today (Monday, April 27), the process of identifying and separating Afghans with immigration cards and Afghan asylum seekers has been completed, and thus the second phase of the process of forced deportation of Afghan Citizenship Card (ACC) holders will begin.
Official statistics indicate that the number of refugees with Afghan citizenship cards in Pakistan reaches about 850 thousand people who have spent years and decades in this country.
Since October of last year (Mehr 1402), Pakistan has deported more than half a million undocumented refugees from Afghanistan in a large and en masse manner.
Pakistan first began the process of deporting immigrants who did not have any residency or immigration documents with them, in the new stage, immigrants with Afghan citizenship cards are going to be deported, and in the third stage, asylum seekers who have the organization’s immigration card will be deported. have nations.
Relief organizations report that deported refugees are facing a lack of shelter, food and job opportunities in Afghanistan.
Pakistan’s interior minister insists on continuing to deport Afghan refugees
Afrasiab Khatak, a former member of the Senate of Pakistan, previously announced the deportation of Afghan refugees as a pressure program against Kabul.
He also said: group deportation of Afghan refugees is also one of the ways of Pakistani generals to put pressure on the Afghan people to impose a new treaty.
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