Pakistan Launches Major Crackdown on Illegal Immigrants: 1.7 Million, Predominantly Afghans, Set for Deportation as Shelters Get Demolished (VIDEO)
The Pakistani government has initiated a process to arrest and deport illegal immigrants, a majority of whom are Afghans.
This comes after the Pakistani Interior Ministry declared a deadline—midnight of November 1—for these immigrants to leave the country voluntarily. As that deadline has now expired, authorities have started transferring undocumented people to transit centers, principally in Karachi, the country’s largest city, Radio Liberty reported.
The government had announced in early October its plans to expel approximately 1.7 million illegal aliens. The announcement led to an exodus, with over 100,000 Afghan nationals returning to their homeland via the Torkham border crossing within two weeks. The Interior Ministry later confirmed that more than 140,000 people had voluntarily left Pakistan since the October 3 order was issued.
