INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Tens of thousands of Afghan refugees in Islamabad, waiting to be transplanted in third countries, have been ordered by the Pakistan federal
government to vacate the capital by March 31
The Pakistan federal government has told them to relocate to other regions in the country, mainly Rawalpindi, due to the fact that of the
embassies and refugee agencies based there.The UN refugees and migration firms have nevertheless expressed their concern over the choice,
including Pakistan&& s hazards to deport thousands of Afghan refugees unless they are resettled quickly in the United States and
elsewhere.About 20,000 Afghans were approved for resettlement in the United States however were left in limbo after President Donald Trump
stopped briefly United States refugee programs last month.A spokesperson for the Pakistani Foreign Ministry, Shafqat Ali Khan, just recently
said that nearly 80,000 Afghan refugees had left Pakistan for other nations, which about 40,000 who had actually looked for resettlement in
other places were still in Pakistan.Trump&& s three-month suspension on taking in refugees worked on January 27; the Trump administration
has offered no indication of whether resettlement will ultimately resume.Pakistan has actually required hundreds of countless other Afghans
—-- migrants who entered legally or otherwise, and even some who got here in Pakistan for resettlement to Western countries —-- back to
their home country because of rising stress with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.Pakistan implicates the IEA of harboring Pakistani
militants who carry out cross-border attacks.The Islamic Emirate has nevertheless consistently turned down the claims and says they will not
enable any specific or group to use Afghanistan soil to plan or perform attacks on another nation
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