PAKISTAN AFGHANISTAN REFUGEES

Afghan refugees' verification process continues following expulsion deadline

epa10978713 Afghan refugees line up for biometric verification of the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), in Karachi, Pakistan, 16 November 2023. The deadline set by Pakistan's government for undocumented immigrants and refugees to leave the country voluntarily expired on 01 November 2023. Pakistani authorities started to crack down on irregular migration, which particularly affects millions of Afghan refugees who had fled their homeland, many of them driven by decades of armed conflict and the return to power of the Taliban. Since Pakistan announced the deadline, a huge migratory flow has been recorded on the porous border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. According to official data, about 4.4 million Afghans are living in the country, of which 1.7 million are not registered. EPA/SHAHZAIB AKBER

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