Members of Pakistan’s security forces detained and deported dozens of Afghans illegally staying in Pakistan on Wednesday, November 1. It is the beginning of a campaign against foreigners who live in the country without the necessary documents; the measure mainly concerns Afghans.
Today, we said goodbye to 64 Afghan nationals as they began their journey back home. This action is a testament to Pakistan’s determination to repatriate any individuals residing in the country without proper documentation. pic.twitter.com/2PB9BjFKTA
— Senator Sarfraz Bugti (@PakSarfrazbugti) November 1, 2023
“Today we said goodbye to 64 Afghans who started their journey home,” Pakistani Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti wrote on the social network X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday. “This step shows that Pakistan is determined to repatriate anyone living in the country without proper documents,” the minister added.
According to the Pakistani government, about 1.7 million of the four million Afghans in Pakistan do not have the necessary documents. The authorities gave these people until the beginning of November to leave Pakistan; they face detention and deportation from Wednesday.
The measure is criticized by the UN, human rights organizations and the Taliban government in Afghanistan.
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A spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, Stépahne Dujarric, said on Wednesday that Pakistan should not continue sending Afghans to Afghanistan, which “does not appear to be ready to take them back and has a dire humanitarian situation and human rights problems, including the Taliban’s repression of women and girls “.
The raids took place on Wednesday in the port city of Karachi, Rawalpindi and various places in Baluchistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces, which border Afghanistan, for example.
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