Pakistan is launching a mass deportation, with “all illegal immigrants” required to leave the country by the end of October, authorities announced Tuesday.
If those groups haven’t left Pakistan by November 1, “all law enforcement agencies would deport them,” Caretaker Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti told a news conference. After that deadline, businesses and properties of “illegal aliens will be confiscated, and illegal business operators and their facilitators will be prosecuted,” he said.
Many Afghans fled the Soviet invasion of their country in 1979, settling in Pakistan during the biggest refugee crisis in the world at the time. Another wave took place in 2021 after the Taliban retook Kabul, with thousands of Afghans crossing the Pakistan border, often with incomplete paperwork while waiting for visas to third countries, such as the United States. As of the end of 2022, Pakistan hosted more than 1.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Peacock October 2023 Schedule: New TV Shows & Movies LineupHere is the Peacock October 2023 schedule. This is a list of the new movies and TV shows coming to the Peacock streaming platform. All TV shows and movies coming to Peacock in October 2023 October 1 October 2 October 3 October 4 October 5 October 6 October 7 October 8 October 9 October 10 […]
Read more »
Pakistan announces big crackdown on migrants in the country illegally, including 1.7 million AfghansPakistan’s government has announced a major crackdown on migrants in the country illegally, saying it would expel them starting next month.
Read more »
Pakistan announces big crackdown on migrants in the country illegally, including 1.7 million AfghansPakistan’s government has announced a major crackdown on migrants in the country illegally, saying it would expel them starting next month
Read more »
Pakistan orders illegal immigrants, including 1.73 mln Afghans, to leavePakistan on Tuesday ordered all illegal immigrants, including 1.73 million Afghan nationals, to leave the country or face expulsion after revealing that 14 of 24 suicide bombings in the country this year were carried out by Afghan nationals.
Read more »
Coinbase Will Delist a Massive 80 Trading Pairs on October 16thSome of the affected pairs are ACH-USDT, BNT-BTC, SUSHI-BTC, SUSHI-ETH, ZRX-BTC, ZRX-EUR, and others.
Read more »
U.S. warned China to expect updated export curbs in October, official saysThe Commerce Department, which oversees export controls, is working on an update of export restrictions first released last year.
Read more »