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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. [1] [2] [3] Afghans accounted for 98% of the foreign nationals in Pakistan. [4]
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.
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.
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’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 ...
This week saw undocumented Afghans in Pakistan rushing to the country’s border with Afghanistan. Thousands of Afghan nationals had escaped to Pakistan in the months following the Taliban’s ...
Most Afghan immigrants are fluent in Urdu, Pakistan's national language, as their second or third language. [50] Many call Pakistan their home because they were born there. [ 50 ] They participate in national festivities and other occasions, including Independence Day celebrations. [ 51 ]
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani province is setting targets for police to arrest and deport hundreds of thousands of Afghans it says are in the country illegally, officials said Thursday.