Pakistan accelerates deportation of Afghans: UN | Migration News

Nearly 60,000 people have crossed back into Afghanistan since the start of April.

Pakistan has ramped up the forced mass deportation of Afghan refugees and migrants, with nearly 60,000 having crossed the border since the start of April, the United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM) said.

Nearly three million Afghans in Pakistan are facing deportation after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced in October a three-phase plan to send them back to their home country. The IOM…

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News Source: www.aljazeera.com

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