The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan demanded the immediate cancellation of the decision to deport Afghan refugees

The Human Rights Committee of Pakistan considers the decision of the government of that country to deport legal asylum seekers to be in conflict with international human rights laws and demands the immediate cancellation of that country.

Kabul 24; This commission wrote in a statement that it published in the evening (Wednesday, 12 Mizan) that it is strongly lobbying the government of Pakistan to cancel this decision and sign the 1951 United Nations Convention on the Rights of Refugees.

The announcement of this commission states, “The government’s decision to deport more than one million illegal foreign residents within 30 days, due to their connection with terrorist and criminal groups, not only shows a lack of compassion and compassion, but also shows the way it looks at it and He looks at it. It is also national security.”

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has said that the majority of those facing deportation are vulnerable Afghan refugees and stateless people who have been home to Pakistan for generations.

This commission has said that holding these people responsible for the mistakes of certain individuals is unacceptable.

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has said that Afghan refugees “have a moral right to seek refuge in this country and to be treated with dignity and compassion.”

Pakistan’s government announced on Tuesday that it will give asylum seekers and “illegal” immigrants until November 1 to leave the country, after which they will be deported by the country’s police.

Pakistan has also announced that from November 1, no person will enter the country without a passport or visa. Afghanistan wants an opinion on this decision.

Zabihullah Mujahid, it is said that the Afghan immigrants are not involved in Pakistan’s security problems, adding that “as long as the Afghan immigrants come out of Pakistan on their own accord and slowly, the Pakistani government should be patient until then.” According to the statistics of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 3.7 million Afghan refugees live in Pakistan, of which only 1.3 million have official residence documents.

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