Tag: Deportation Plan
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Government aims to send back million ‘illegal aliens’ in second phase, says Balochistan’s Information Minister
Jan Achakzai, Balochistan’s caretaker Information Minister, has said that the second phase of repatriation of Afghan refugees has begun. In this phase the government aims to repatriate a million undocumented immigrants back to their countries by 2024. The minister said in a press conference that over 2,000 illegal Afghans have already been sent back to…
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‘Afghan-looking’ Pakistanis taken to holding centres for deportation, says Aurat March
In a series of video documents and reports released by the organization’s Lahore Chapter, a number of Pakistani Pashtuns are seen talking about how they are being taken in to deportation centres because they ‘look Afghan’. Their minor children, and in one case an Afghan’s wife and a two-month-old baby, been taken to holding centres…
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Pakistan should not make more enemies, cautions Taliban Refugee Minister
The Taliban government’s refugees minister, Khalil Haqqani, has said in an interview with AFP that, “They [Pakistani authorities] should not give Afghans a hard time, they should not make more enemies.” The statement was said in the context of the mass exodus of refugees from Pakistan under the Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan. Authorities on the…
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Children and women will be exempted from bio-metric verification, says Sarfraz Bugti
The spokesperson for The Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan and caretaker Interior Minister, Sarfraz Bugti, held a discussion with Afghan High Commissioner Ahmed Shakaib, deciding that children and women will be exempted from scanning by NADRA. Only male adults will be scanned for verification. “The interior ministry issued directions that females and children below the age…
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Pakistan to deport 1.1 million illegal foreign residents in security move
Due to security concerns, the caretaker government led by Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar announced on Monday its intention to repatriate 1.1 million foreign nationals who are currently residing in Pakistan without legal authorisation.