Report in TOLOnews Online, Nov 06, 2023 at 8:34 PMThousands of Afghans are returning to Afghanistan as Pakistan escalates crackdowns on undocumented refugees to leave, brushing off calls by the UN, rights groups and Western embassies to reconsider expelling over 1.73 million Afghans. The refugees meanwhile complained about mistreatment by Pakistan’s police, saying that their properties have been seized and destroyed. The refugees said that they are hiding from the police to protect themselves from…
Posts tagged as “deporttions”
By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press Online, Oct 30, 2023On Monday, a group of Afghan migrants protested outside the office of the United Nations Human Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Islamabad. These protests coincided with the Pakistani government’s impending deadline to expel undocumented migrants from the country. The protesters, which include defence lawyers, journalists, human rights activists, and individuals vulnerable to the Taliban, argue that the UNHCR hasn’t properly examined their cases over the last…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press, October 31, 2023In Pakistan, schools teaching Afghan children have started closing their doors as families go into hiding to avoid deportation before the looming deadline set by Islamabad. The Pakistani government has initiated an extensive crackdown on the estimated 1.7 million Afghans residing in the country without legal status, and it has given them until Wednesday to leave or face mass arrests. This development is particularly distressing for…