Pakistani officials warn that people who are in the country illegally face arrest and deportation after October 31. The bulk of migrants in Pakistan are Afghan.
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Pakistan Sets Up Deportation Centers to Hold Illegal Migrants
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Mass exodus of Afghans as deadline to leave Pakistan arrives
Pakistan has issued a final warning to all illegal immigrants to leave the country voluntarily before a November 1 deadline. Deportation centers are already being set up to detain those who remain past the deadline.
As Pakistan's deportation deadline for undocumented migrants nears, Afghans who have lived for there for decades are looking for avenues towards the right to remain in the country.
The UNHCR said tens of thousands of Afghan refugees have already left Pakistan. The policy has been condemned by Pakistani Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai.
Pakistan has drawn criticism for warning those living in the country illegally to leave or be arrested and deported after Oct. 31. The U.N. says over 2 million undocumented Afghans live in Pakistan.
Pakistani officials warn that people who are in the country illegally face arrest and deportation after October 31. The bulk of migrants in Pakistan are Afghan.
Large numbers of Afghans crammed into trucks and buses in Pakistan on Tuesday, heading to the border to return home ahead of the expiration of a Pakistani government deadline for those who are in the country illegally to leave or face deportation.
More than 10,000 Afghans living in Pakistan rushed to the borders on Tuesday, just hours before a deadline for 1.7 million people to leave Pakistan voluntarily or face arrest and deportation.
The Nov. 1 deadline Pakistan has placed to leave the country voluntarily looms large over 1.7 million Afghan refugees affected by a deportation order, per Reuters
Hundreds of thousands of Afghans living in Pakistan faced detention and deportation on Wednesday, as a government deadline for them to leave sparked a mass exodus.
The Pakistani government announced it will arrest and deport an estimated 1.7 million undocumented foreigners, mostly Afghans. Rights groups have criticized the plan.
