Pakistan to start second phase of Afghan deportations

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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/30/pakistan-to-start-second-phase-of-afghan-deportations
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Pakistan to start second phase of Afghan deportations

More than 800,000 Afghans are likely to be expelled in the second phase of the controversial plan.

30 Jun 2024

Pakistan is set to start the second phase of a controversial plan to send undocumented Afghan refugees back to their country.

Beginning Sunday, authorities are likely to expel more than 800,000 Afghans from the country, after about 541,000 were forced to leave in the first phase in November last year.

If they do not leave voluntarily, the refugees face arrest and deportation.

Before the first phase of repatriation, the Pakistani government claimed there were nearly 4.4 million Afghan refugees, out of which an estimated 1.73 million were undocumented.

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1. Women and girls will be facing a slow death in Afgan-if not physically, then emotionally and mentally.