{"id":19887,"date":"2024-04-20T10:52:39","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T10:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/?p=19887"},"modified":"2024-04-20T10:52:39","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T10:52:39","slug":"decrease-in-forced-deportations-of-afghan-migrants-from-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/2024\/04\/decrease-in-forced-deportations-of-afghan-migrants-from-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Decrease in forced deportations of Afghan migrants from Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>KABUL (SW) &#8211; The Ministry of Repatriation and Refugees (MoRR) reports a decrease in the forced deportations of Afghan migrants from Pakistan as the second phase begins.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Abdul Mutalib Haqani, spokesperson for the ministry, says that with the commencement of the second phase, approximately 50 to 60 families are returning to Afghanistan daily, a notable decrease compared to the thousands who were repatriated during the first phase.<\/p>\n<p>Haqani emphasizes that decisions regarding Afghan migrants must be made in consultation with the Islamic Emirate.<\/p>\n<p>He added, &#8220;The issue of immigrants is bilateral and a unilateral decision is not beneficial to both countries, and when a decision is made about migrants, it should be made in bilateral consultation and the refugees should be repatriated to Afghanistan in a joint mechanism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, some families who forcibly returned to Afghanistan during the second phase, urge the de-facto government to provide shelter for them.<\/p>\n<p>Abdullah, a returnee from Pakistan, appeals to the Islamic Emirate for assistance in securing both housing and employment, saying, &#8220;We have nowhere to stay or to live.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Naeem Gul, another returnee, also pleads for assistance in securing shelter for his family of eight, expressing urgency following their recent arrival from Peshawar.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the statistics from the Ministry of Repatriations and Refugees, over 500,000 individuals were forcibly repatriated from Pakistan during the first phase of forced deportation of Afghan migrants.<\/p>\n<p>This is while that previously, the <a href=\"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/2024\/04\/over-200-afghan-refugees-return-from-pakistan\/\">ministry stated<\/a> that 277 Afghan migrants have repatriated from Pakistan through the hypothetical Torkham crossing border.<\/p>\n<p>According to the information provided by the Torkham border authority in Nangarhar province, 53 families, comprising 277 individuals, forcibly returned from Pakistan.<\/p>\n<h6>ENDS<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL (SW) &#8211; The Ministry of Repatriation and Refugees (MoRR) reports a decrease in the forced deportations of Afghan migrants from Pakistan as the second phase begins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":19893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[990,1,31,8,6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-0_swnen","category-migration","category-governance","category-afghanistan","category-headline"],"views":70,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19887"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19894,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19887\/revisions\/19894"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}