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Pakistan wants to expel all Afghan refugees from the country, says Afghan embassy
Pakistan is reportedly pushing to deport all Afghan refugees, according to the Afghan Embassy in Islamabad.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif approved a March 31 deadline for Afghan deportations unless relocation cases are swiftly processed.
Since 2023, over 800,000 Afghans have returned to Afghanistan or been forcibly expelled from Pakistan, according to the International Organization for Migration.
After a first wave of deportations in November 2023, Pakistan wants to send thousands of Afghans back home. Registered refugees should also have to leave. Human rights activists complain of arrests and harassment.