Human rights activists: Pakistani police detain Afghan women and children
Human rights activists announced that the Pakistani police arrested a large number of Afghan refugee women and children in the southern province of “Sand” by raiding people’s homes at night. |
According to the regional office of Tasnim news agency, “Menize Kakar, a lawyer for Afghan refugees in Pakistan, said at a press conference in Karachi: “The police of this country in the province of Sindh raid people’s houses at midnight and arrest Afghan families, including women and children.
Kakar said: These arrests took place after the decision of the Pakistani government to forcibly deport “illegal” asylum seekers, mainly Afghans.
He added: Since the end of the deadline, he has been detaining hundreds of Afghan citizens every day and he does not even hesitate to detain children and women. According to the Associated Press report, Kaker stated Kurd: Lately, even Afghans who have residency documents have faced the threat of arrest.
They are not going out, they are facing a severe lack of food.
Meanwhile, Hina Jilani, head of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, said of the government’s “one-size-fits-all approach” has criticized and called for a need-based assessment, especially for Afghans who are under threat. They have been transferred to transit centers to be deported from Pakistan, they have some kind of valid identification documents and most of them do not want to return to their country voluntarily.
The Taliban say that after the end The deadline set by the government of Pakistan to deport refugees from this country, so far more than 360 thousand Afghans have been forcibly or voluntarily returned to their country.
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