Pakistan is sending back a lot of people who came from Afghanistan because of violence. These people are called “illegal immigrants. ”
In a meeting with the media, the person in charge of handling the country’s internal affairs, Sarfraz Bugti, said that people who are living in the country without permission have to leave by November 1. If they don’t leave by this date, the police and other authorities will forcibly remove them from the country.
By the end of 2022, Pakistan was home to over 1. 3 million Afghan refugees who were officially registered, plus an additional 427,000 people from Afghanistan who were in similar circumstances to refugees, as reported by the United Nations’ refugee agency.
But their existence in Pakistan has always caused problems, with police taking strict actions and the possibility of being sent back to their home countries in past years. According to volunteer groups who have looked at local records, many people from Afghanistan have been sent back from Pakistan this year.
During a press conference on Tuesday, Bugti said that people from Afghanistan were responsible for 14 out of the 24 major terrorist attacks that happened in Pakistan this year.
We are being attacked by people from Afghanistan, and some of them are Afghan citizens. He said we have proof for that.
“In the crackdown, Bugti said that businesses and properties owned by people living in a country illegally will be taken away, and those who are operating illegal businesses and helping them will be punished. ”
If any Pakistani citizen or company helps illegal aliens by giving them a place to live or any other support, they will face severe punishment according to the law. This punishment will be enforced even if the deadline has passed.
The National Apex Committee met today and made a decision. A team has been created to catch people with fake ID cards and demolish properties built using these fake documents. The national database and registration organization has been directed to cancel any fake ID cards and confirm cases through DNA testing.
Pakistan has many refugees, who have come from Afghanistan. Because Afghanistan and Pakistan are neighbors and have similar cultures, what happens in one country often affects the other. This means that when there is conflict or humanitarian problems in Afghanistan, it also affects Pakistan.
In 1979, a lot of people from Afghanistan ran away because the Soviet Union invaded their country. They went and lived in Pakistan. It was a very big refugee crisis and the most serious one happening in the world at that time. In 2021, when the Taliban captured Kabul again, many Afghans moved to Pakistan. They didn’t have all the necessary documents and were waiting for visas to go to other countries, like the United States.
A lot of Afghans who are scared of the Taliban have gone to Pakistan to escape. But in Pakistan, they are being taken into custody, arrested, and may even be sent back to Afghanistan, according to Amnesty International.
“It is worrying that the struggles of Afghan refugees in Pakistan are not getting enough attention from the world. ”
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