Aid groups say Afghans fleeing a deportation drive in Pakistan lack shelter, food, and warmth once they cross the border.
The best gift for foodies: This 8-piece Japanese chef’s knife set with gift box, now $299 off!An Afghan refugee rests in a camp near the Torkham Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Torkham, Afghanistan, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. A huge number of Afghans refugees entered the Torkham border to return home hours before the expiration of a Pakistani government deadline for those who are in the country illegally to leave or face deportation.
Kayal Mohammad lived in the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar for 17 years. He has five children and was deported to the Afghan border almost a week ago. He told The Associated Press he wasn’t allowed to take any household belongings with him. Everything he and his family own remains in Pakistan. Thamindri Da Silva, from the relief and development organization World Vision International, said most people are moved to a dry riverbed once they have gone through their initial registration and processing at a transit center.
He warned that child labor in Afghanistan as well as their involvement in smuggling are likely to increase due to poverty as most returning families were among the poorest migrants in Pakistan. Pope Francis in public remarks on Sunday at the Vatican decried the situation of “Afghan refugees who found refuge in Pakistan but now don’t know where to go anymore.”
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