UN worried for fate of Afghans driven from Pakistan
Friday, 24 November 2023 The UN refugee agency UNHCR warns that many Afghan families being driven out of Pakistan have no homes to return to and will struggle to feed themselves through the harsh winter. More than 370,000 people have returned to Afghanistan since Pakistan issued an ultimatum to the 1.7 million Afghans living illegally in the country. The mass arrivals are adding to Afghanistan's ongoing humanitarian crisis, with around 16 million people already facing acute hunger this winter.
The number of Afghans coming home from Iran has doubled in the past month, according to a top border official at the Islam Qala crossing near the western Afghan city of Herat, with returnees telling..
Police arrest Afghans living in Pakistan while hundreds of thousands face detention and deportation, as a government deadline for them to leave sparked a mass exodus.
Friday, 24 November 2023
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