Refugees With Legal Documentation Can Live In Pakistan, Says Islamabad
Jalil Abbas Jilani, the Acting Foreign Minister of Pakistan, has said that immigrants who have residence permits can live in Pakistan.
In a press conference on Sunday, he warned that not only Afghans, but also immigrants from other countries who do not have legal documents of stay in Pakistan will be deported.
According to a new programme, the Pakistani government has set a deadline, requiring immigrants lacking official residency documents to depart the country by the end of November. Based on the plan, more than 1.7 million Afghan refugees and migrants are supposed to be deported from Pakistan.
In recent weeks, there have been numerous reports of the arrest and forced deportation of Afghan immigrants from this country.
International human rights organisations have urged Pakistan to revoke the decision to deport Afghan refugees and migrants, as according to them, this decision could jeopardise numerous lives.
