Headed to Europe: 20 illegal immigrants feared dead
More than two dozen people from across Pakistan were on their way to Iran when they were trapped in Dalegh Kor.
QUETTA:
At least twenty illegal immigrants headed to Europe via Iran are feared to have died near the Pak-Iran border due to lack of food and water.
According to reports, more than two dozen people from across Pakistan were on their way to Iran when they were trapped in Dalegh Kor, a mountainous area close to the Iranian border some 160 kilometres southeast of Gwadar.
Over twenty people reportedly died due to lack of food and water as a result.
Commissioner Makran division Aslam Jamali confirmed the reports of death of 20 people who were headed to Iran illegally.
“The bodies are in Iranian territory,” he said.
District Police Officer Gwadar Dostain also confirmed that several Pakistani nationals had died in Iran.
“I cannot give the exact death toll but illegal immigrants and some agents were killed,” Dostain told The Express Tribune.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 18th, 2012.
At least twenty illegal immigrants headed to Europe via Iran are feared to have died near the Pak-Iran border due to lack of food and water.
According to reports, more than two dozen people from across Pakistan were on their way to Iran when they were trapped in Dalegh Kor, a mountainous area close to the Iranian border some 160 kilometres southeast of Gwadar.
Over twenty people reportedly died due to lack of food and water as a result.
Commissioner Makran division Aslam Jamali confirmed the reports of death of 20 people who were headed to Iran illegally.
“The bodies are in Iranian territory,” he said.
District Police Officer Gwadar Dostain also confirmed that several Pakistani nationals had died in Iran.
“I cannot give the exact death toll but illegal immigrants and some agents were killed,” Dostain told The Express Tribune.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 18th, 2012.