Order for illegal Afghan refugees to leave Pakistan

Order for illegal Afghan refugees to leave Pakistan: The return policy of Afghan refugees should be reviewed. (Zabihullah Mujahid)

Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesman of the Taliban government in Afghanistan, has requested the government of Pakistan to review this policy after the official announcement of the deadline for the illegal foreign Afghan citizens living in Pakistan to leave the country voluntarily by November 1.

Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesman of the Taliban government in Afghanistan, has requested the government of Pakistan to review this policy after the official announcement of the deadline for the illegal foreign Afghan citizens living in Pakistan to leave the country voluntarily by November 1. Caretaker Interior Minister Sarfaraz Bugti had given time to the foreign nationals residing illegally in Pakistan to voluntarily leave the country till November 1 and said that if such persons do not return to their land within the given time, the law will be enforced. The authorities will come into action and deport them.

On Wednesday, the spokesperson of the Taliban government in Afghanistan responded to this announcement by calling the treatment of Afghan refugees in Pakistan unacceptable, saying that "Afghan refugees have no hand in Pakistan's security problems."

Zabihullah Mujahid has said that Pakistan should reconsider its policy in this regard. Zabihullah Mujahid further said that 'until the refugees leave Pakistan willingly and contentedly, they should not be expelled and added that Pakistan should act with tolerance. A day before Zabihullah Mujahid's statement came out, on Tuesday, the Afghan embassy in Islamabad had alleged that the Pakistani capital Islamabad and its neighboring city of Rawalpindi had allegedly but there has been a mysterious death of four Afghan citizens who were arrested by the police.

 

Islamabad SSP Operations Malik Jameel Zafar

Islamabad SSP Operations Malik Jameel Zafar has denied this allegation of the Afghan Embassy. He also said that during the last 10 days, 541 Afghans were arrested who did not have any proof of living in Pakistan. And many of them have criminal records, he said, "According to the law, action has been taken regarding the arrest of illegally residing Afghans and cases have been registered against them under the Foreign Act." They have their record with the police. He said that after the completion of the court proceedings, these Afghans will be brought to the Torkham border.

 

Federal Interior Minister Sarfaraz Bugti said that we have given a deadline of November 1 to foreigners residing illegally in Pakistan

Addressing an emergency press conference after the Apex Committee meeting chaired by the Prime Minister in the Ministry of Interior on Tuesday, Caretaker Federal Interior Minister Sarfaraz Bugti said that we have given a deadline of November 1 to foreigners residing illegally in Pakistan. Is given.

"If they do not voluntarily return to their respective countries by November 1, all law enforcement agencies in the state will deport such persons, ensuring the enforcement of this deadline."

According to Sarfaraz Bugti, the welfare and security of any Pakistani is the highest priority for us and the Pakistani nation is more important than any country or policy. We are allowing it from October 10 to 31 and after that the passport and visa policy will come into effect.

It should be noted that among the foreigners residing illegally in Pakistan, there is a large number of Afghans residing in the territory of Pakistan.

According to a report released by the European Union Agency for Refugees (EUAA) in May 2022, there are currently around 3 million Afghan nationals living in Pakistan.

According to the report, 1.4 million of them are 'POR' card (Proof of Registration) holders, while 8.5 million are Afghan citizens who have an Afghan Citizen Card (ACC), while about 775,000 There are gods who have no documentary evidence.

According to the report of the European Union Agency for Refugees, since the establishment of the Taliban government in Afghanistan in August 2021, approximately 117,000 people have fled Afghanistan during February 2022, based on the documents released by the United Nations Refugee Agency. New refugees had entered Pakistan.

According to a report released by the European Union Agency for Refugees (EUAA) in May 2022, there are currently around 3 million Afghan nationals living in Pakistan.

 It is to be remembered that even before this official announcement was made by the government, the law enforcement agencies had started operations against those Afghans who were allegedly involved in extremist and criminal activities. They also did not have any documentary evidence required to stay in Pakistan.

On the other hand, the Islamabad police claimed last week that over 400 Afghans who did not have the necessary documents to stay in Pakistan and were illegally staying in Islamabad were arrested in the last one week. He was living in the country. Most of these illegals are youths, many of whom are involved in illegal activities.

According to the police, these arrests have been made from different areas and hotels in the city, where the resident Afghan families were staying despite the expiry of their visas.

The police say that some of these people are those whose legal documents needed to stay in Pakistan were incomplete and they had been living in the country illegally for a long time, but there are also many people who are under the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. After getting a visa, he reached Pakistan, but later he could not renew the visa.

PAK AFGHAN TURKHAM BORDER

Repatriating 3 million Afghans will not be easy but will require a detailed and comprehensive plan. Since the Taliban came to power in 2021, the majority of the nearly 600,000 Afghanis who have come to Pakistan are people who are considered anti-Taliban.