Pakistan deported 60,000 Afghan refugees in 13 days: IOM
The International Organisation for Migration on Tuesday said Pakistan deported nearly 60,000 Afghan refugees through two border points during the past 13 days.
“Between April 1 and 13, IOM recorded a sharp rise in forced returns, with nearly 60,000 individuals crossing back into Afghanistan through the Tokham and Spin Boldak border points,” ION stated in a statement.
According to the statement, more than 2.43 million undocumented Afghan migrants have returned to their homeland, Afghanistan, from neighbouring Pakistan and Iran since September 2023.
Most of them have been repatriated forcibly. The Pakistani government is set to deport three million Afghans to their home country in 2025.
Reportedly, about 7 million Afghan refugees, most of whom are undocumented migrants, are currently living abroad, with most living in Afghanistan’s neighbouring Pakistan and Iran.
(Xinhua/NAN)
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