KABUL: Isabelle Lassée, the Deputy Regional Director for South Asia at Amnesty International, has urged the Pakistani government to stop the forced deportation of Afghan migrants.
Describing Pakistan’s decision as contrary to the rights of migrants and refugees, Lassée said: “The deportation plan also contradicts Pakistan’s own commitments and repeated appeals from human rights organizations to uphold migrants’ and refugees’ rights.” The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations of the Islamic Emirate has also repeatedly called on the Pakistani government to refrain from harassing and mass expulsion of Afghan refugees. Two days earlier, the head of refugees and repatriation affairs in Nangarhar province said that since the beginning of 2023, more than 67,000 families had forcibly been returned to Afghanistan through the Torkham crossing. The Kabul Times.
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