Illegal immigrants

Over 500,000 Afghans fled last year due to expulsion orders for undocumented migrants

500,200 Afghans left Pakistan between September 15, 2023 and January 13, 2024; dispute affects busiest border crossing

Interior ministry says close to 1.15m still residing in country

Mass deportation and long waits adds to precarious situation of Afghans waiting for US resettlement

Kakar says ultimate aim is to build ‘safer, more peaceful and prosperous’ Pakistan

Cabinet approves national space policy

UN issues statement after Pakistan claims illegal foreigners are ‘linked to those fuelling terrorism and instability’

Afghan refugees face visa issues and deportation fears, stuck in limbo amid slow relocation processes

Iran hosts over 4 million documented and undocumented refugees, mostly from Afghanistan

UN's Daniel Endres warns sudden influx strains Afghanistan's resources, urges additional assistance

IGP Anwar instructs field officers to expedite evacuation of aliens, regardless of their inclusion in official lists

Kabul wants its 3,000 containers stuck at Karachi port released

Says questions of public importance not highlighted in case

Sindhi academicians say there is difference between asylum seekers and illegal immigrants

Taliban spokesperson Suhail Shaheen says Afghanistan needs funds to deal with returning refugees

Administration says stern action will be taken against those who violate instructions

First caravan of illegal Afghan immigrants departs from the Karachi holding camp

Cabinet declares emergency in Peshawar, Nowshera and Khyber for the management of evacuation

PM says anyone implicated in FIR cannot walk free without legal process

Move comes in wake of expiry of deadline for ‘voluntary repatriation’

Police enter Al-Asif Square, neighbouring localities of Sohrab Goth, Machar Colony

Immigrants with illegal ID cards, passports, will be arrested in 2nd phase, illegal settlements will be razed in 3rd

Authorities deployed law enforcement personnel at various holding camps across the country

Necessary police support to district administration for the operation ordered

IG asks police to ensure peaceful completion of process

Taliban government says over 60,000 Afghans returned between Sept 23 to Oct 22

Administrations of mosques asked to make announcements about end of deadline

Islamabad seeks repatriation info from other nations

Sindh home minster says will facilitate unregistered foreigners in homeward journey

They are selling personal belongings in a state of desperation

Interim home minister says after 40 years of hosting Afghans, ‘we are done with hospitality’

FM Jilani reminds Afghan counterpart Muttaqi of commitments Kabul must fulfil regarding terror safe havens

Afghans not responsible for Pakistan’s security problems, says Zabihullah

NAP apex body approves ‘one document regime’ for Afghanistan

Special PIA flight arranged to bring illegal immigrants back: Foreign Office

Iran handed over 144 illegal immigrants to Pakistan earlier

Almost 12,000 Pakistanis are imprisoned in jails around the world, with more than 6,500 in the Middle East

Over 50,000 Pakistanis reside in Turkey illegally: foreign ministry

Some administration officials support the policy under which some 2,600 children were separated from their parents

Over 1,600 Pakistani youth are detained for illegally entering Turkey

Resolution passed against issuance of identity cards to illegal immigrants

Another 36 wounded as bus with illegal migrants crashes

Indian authorities say a flight full of deportees proceeded to Islamabad from New Delhi to drop off Pakistanis

FIA says Gujranwala division hub of illegal migration to EU through land route

Sources say five others injured in the accident

Hunger strikes to be observed following mass movement against govt's decision

For many Dutch Jews, anti-Semitism has become a hobby, says van de Kamp

Police also claimed to have recovered arms, ammunition and drugs

No mechanism to differentiate between legal, illegal immigrants in population census

Weapons and narcotics also recovered from possession of detained men