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Afghan Refugees To Exit Pakistan or Face Detention: Pakistani Officials
[Tolo News]  Afghan refugees living in Pakistain's semi-autonomous region Kheybar Pakhtunkhuwa have been given one month to either leave the country or they risk facing detention, Pak media reported.To send "illegal" Afghans back to their country, the district administration in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar had initially set May 25 as a deadline to leave before local police would apprehend the Afghans and deport them or detain them. Some Afghan refugees currently staying in the Kheybar Pakhtunkhuwa refugee camp raised their concerns about the issue, asking the government of Afghanistan to pay serious attention in order to solve the problem. "Pakistain gave us one month notice to exit, but we are working here, we have built a living here," one of the refugees told TOLOnews in Peshawar. "The [Afghan] government should try hard to tackle this issue." Representative of Afghanistan's Ministry of Immigrants and Repatriates Abdul Hamid Jalili said that government together with the Afghan general consulate in Kheybar Pakhtunkhuwa are in negotiations with Pak officials. "To solve the issue, Ministry of Immigrants and Repatriates together with General Consulate of Afghanistan in the state of Khyber Pakhtunkhuwa are negotiating with Pak officials," Jalili said. Posted by: Fred 2012-05-25 |
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