An Afghan refugee in Pakistan said, “The refugees who lack visas in Pakistan are being detained by the police. Some of these refugees have been returned to Afghanistan and some are being released based on money.”
The British Home Office warned a few months ago that if the Afghans who were moved to the hotels after being evacuated and transferred to the UK do not leave the hotels, they would be expelled from the hotels.
Afghan refugees held a protest in front of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHRC) office in Pakistan's federal capital Islamabad, saying that no practical action has been taken to address their problems, ToloNews reported.
Over 74,000 Afghan migrants have returned to the country from Iran through the Silk Road crossing point in the past month, said Taliban's provincial officials at the Refugees and Repatriation Department of Western Nimroz province, according to Khaama Press.
Khaama Press reported citing Turkish media outlets that a total of 230 Afghan migrants have been deported from Turkey's various cities back to the country due to insufficient documents.
In spite of the refugees having the United Nations Higher Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) certificate, Pakistani police and other relevant agencies continue detaining and incarcerating Afghan refugees.
The Afghan refugees who migrated to Pakistan after the Taliban took over fearing persecution are undergoing continuous suffering and an extremely "inhuman and hateful" mistreatment
Amnesty International said today on World Refugee Day that the government of Pakistan must urgently stop arbitrarily arresting and harassing Afghan refugees and asylum seekers, many of whom are fleeing persecution by the Taliban, Khaama Press reported.