Pakistan to send back millions of Afghan refugees

‘Pakistan is forcing more than 2.6 million Afghan refugees to return to their country, a move international rights groups call as “inhumane” and “unlawful.”

An official from the Pakistani Ministry of States and Frontier Region said on Monday that 1.6 million registered and another one million unregistered Afghan refugees in Pakistan should leave by December at the latest.

The unnamed official said the deadline for the registered refugees to return to their homeland will be December, while the unregistered refugees should leave immediately under an agreement with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).’

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