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The mass deportations primarily affected those Afghans who had no legal documents to be in Pakistan. There were an estimated 3.8 million Afghans in Pakistan at the time the deportation order was announced, according to the United Nations, while Pakistani authorities believed the number to be as high as 4.4 million.
The United Nations Human Rights Chief, Volker Türk said he was “alarmed” by reports of abuse of Afghan refugees in Pakistan amid an ongoing policy of mass deportation, according to a ...
Pakistan, home to more than 1.7 million people who have fled violence in neighboring Afghanistan, is launching a mass deportation of “illegal immigrants,” authorities said Tuesday.
Forcibly deporting Afghans from Pakistan could lead to severe human rights violations — including the separation of families and deportation of minors, the United Nations warned Saturday.
Afghans in Pakistan (Urdu: افغان مهاجرين, Afghān muhājirīn, lit. ' Afghan migrants ') are temporary residents from Afghanistan, some of who are registered in Pakistan as refugees and asylum seekers. [2] The registered fall under the jurisdiction of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Between 1997 and end of 2007, only 844 Afghans [2] were granted refugee status in Russia. Between 2002 and 2007, only 548 Afghans [2] were voluntarily repatriated from Russia with the help of UNHCR. In 2021, the Russian government requested that 1,000 Afghans be allowed to fly from Afghanistan to Russia following the 2021 Taliban offensive.
Pakistan’s top court opened a hearing Friday on a petition by human rights activists seeking to halt the forceful deportation of Afghans who were born in Pakistan and those who would be at risk ...
Pakistani security forces on Wednesday detained and deported dozens of Afghans who were living in the country illegally, after a government-set deadline for them to leave expired, authorities said.