Afghanistan
Over 2.5 million Afghan immigrants are currently in Pakistan: Envoy
The Afghan consul in Karachi, Abdul Jabar Takhari, has said over 2.5 million Afghan immigrants are currently staying in Pakistan.
He said 300,000 immigrants lack legal documents.
He said his government is trying to address the challenges of Afghanistan people in Pakistan.
A large number of Afghanistan people escaped the country after Taliban took control of it in 2021.
"The total number of immigrants who have legal documents with them in Pakistan is 2,106,658,” the Afghan consul in Karachi was quoted as saying by Tolo News.
Pakistan's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations said that his country cannot host Afghan refugees from now on.
“The humanitarian and economic crisis in Afghanistan necessitates swift international assistance to prevent the prospect of a fresh influx of millions of desperate Afghans seeking refuge from hunger and starvation. Pakistan already burdened cannot shoulder any new influx of refugees; they will have to be hosted by other members of the international community,” Aamir Khan, Deputy Permanent Representative at Pakistan Mission to the UN, told Tolo News.
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