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The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Tuesday reported that nearly 60,000 Afghan refugees have been forcibly deported from Pakistan. The latest wave of forced deportations comes amid a nationwide crackdown to expel foreigners, whether they are residing in Pakistan legally or illegally, under the pretense of national security. This comes after the Pakistani government initiated the second phase of its Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan (IFRP). Amnesty International criticized the plan for being ambiguous.
The government has been criticized for failing to provide adequate legal justification for its uncompromising initiatives against Afghan refugees. However, media attacks against the marginalized group, calling them ‘traitors’, ‘terrorists’, and ‘criminals’, have only intensified the barrage of discrimination against them. Minister of Interior, Moshin Naqvi, in January 2025, announced that Afghan refugees would be prohibited from residing in Islamabad without a no-objection certificate (NOC), which is an incredibly difficult document to acquire.
Although the government had provided reassurance to the Supreme Court of Pakistan that the forced deportations would not affect Afghan refugees who hold valid documentation, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has reported that documented refugees are also facing evictions and arrests. The previous wave of deportations saw 800,000 Afghans, many of whom have resided in Pakistan for decades, being driven away to Afghanistan, where they face renewed threats of living under the oppressive Taliban regime.
Refugees, mainly women and girls who have been receiving education in Pakistan, will be stripped of their fundamental right to education if they are repatriated to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. Human Rights Watch has reported that individuals who have links with the Afghan government’s security forces are most vulnerable to becoming victims of violent crimes such as extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, arbitrary detention, and torture.
The rates of deportation have soared after the relationship between Pakistan and Afghanistan has irrevocably broken down, along with increased militant attacks in the border areas. Refugees who have been deported to Afghanistan have cited minimal access to food, clean water, and housing as some of the many adversities that they face daily. Pakistan’s forced deportations are in contravention of various international human rights instruments, for instance, the 1951 Refugee Convention.
Article 33 of the 1951 Refugee Convention codifies the principle of non-refoulement, which bars states from returning refugees to a territory where their life or freedom would be at risk. However, it must be noted that Pakistan is not a signatory to the Convention. It is hoped that other countries that have housed Afghan refugees, such as the United States, along with the international community as a whole, would increase pressure on Pakistan to halt its inhumane practices.
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The government has been criticized for failing to provide adequate legal justification for its uncompromising initiatives against Afghan refugees. However, media attacks against the marginalized group, calling them ‘traitors’, ‘terrorists’, and ‘criminals’, have only intensified the barrage of discrimination against them. Minister of Interior, Moshin Naqvi, in January 2025, announced that Afghan refugees would be prohibited from residing in Islamabad without a no-objection certificate (NOC), which is an incredibly difficult document to acquire.
Although the government had provided reassurance to the Supreme Court of Pakistan that the forced deportations would not affect Afghan refugees who hold valid documentation, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has reported that documented refugees are also facing evictions and arrests. The previous wave of deportations saw 800,000 Afghans, many of whom have resided in Pakistan for decades, being driven away to Afghanistan, where they face renewed threats of living under the oppressive Taliban regime.
Refugees, mainly women and girls who have been receiving education in Pakistan, will be stripped of their fundamental right to education if they are repatriated to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. Human Rights Watch has reported that individuals who have links with the Afghan government’s security forces are most vulnerable to becoming victims of violent crimes such as extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, arbitrary detention, and torture.
The rates of deportation have soared after the relationship between Pakistan and Afghanistan has irrevocably broken down, along with increased militant attacks in the border areas. Refugees who have been deported to Afghanistan have cited minimal access to food, clean water, and housing as some of the many adversities that they face daily. Pakistan’s forced deportations are in contravention of various international human rights instruments, for instance, the 1951 Refugee Convention.
Article 33 of the 1951 Refugee Convention codifies the principle of non-refoulement, which bars states from returning refugees to a territory where their life or freedom would be at risk. However, it must be noted that Pakistan is not a signatory to the Convention. It is hoped that other countries that have housed Afghan refugees, such as the United States, along with the international community as a whole, would increase pressure on Pakistan to halt its inhumane practices.
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