Pakistan: We will deport 1.7 million Afghan refugees “step by step”.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Friday that they will implement the announced plan to deport all asylum seekers illegally staying in this country.

According to Kabul 24; According to Islamabad, the deportation of these refugees, which includes one million and 700 thousand Afghan citizens, will take place in a “stage by stage and orderly” manner.

The government of Pakistan warned on Tuesday that all immigrants who are staying in this country without permission should leave Pakistan before October 31. Islamabad had also threatened that illegal immigrants would face mass deportations from this date.

Human rights groups have widely condemned Pakistan’s decision to deport illegal immigrants. Human rights activists emphasize that the forced deportation of Afghan refugees puts them at risk.

The spokesman of Antonio Guterres, the Secretary General of the United Nations, has also expressed concern about Pakistan’s new approach towards refugees and migrants.

Zabihullah Mujahid; He also criticized Islamabad’s decision and considered it “unacceptable”. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan announced on Friday that this plan is not only for Afghan refugees.

According to the spokesperson of this ministry, one million and 400 thousand Afghan nationals who are legally staying in Pakistan as refugees should not worry about the implementation of this plan.

Although Pakistan’s security forces have arrested and deported Afghan nationals many times, this is the first time that Islamabad is talking about implementing a broad plan to deal with illegal immigrants.

Two days ago Mullah Yaqub Mujahid also considered the forced deportation of Afghans living in Pakistan as horror and barbarism

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