RASC News Agency: The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has reported the potential expulsion of 483,000 Afghanistani migrants from Pakistan in the coming months. OCHA announced this on Monday, Feb 12, through a public report, stating that 98% of expelled migrants will be supported through relief programs. According to the agency’s report, nearly 500,000 Afghanistani migrants have been expelled from Pakistan and repatriated to Afghanistan over the past three months.
Long-term displacement, extensive land contamination with explosives, continuous restrictions on women’s rights and freedoms, increased exposure to gender-based violence, child labor, early marriage, climate change, and recent natural disasters, especially earthquakes and droughts, indicate that Afghanistan remains in a severe protection crisis. Meanwhile, Pakistan initiated the forced expulsion of undocumented migrants from the country in November last year, a process that continues to date.
It’s noteworthy that following their takeover, the Taliban have imposed increasingly stringent restrictions on citizens’ lives, leading to a significant number of people migrating to neighboring and regional countries due to multiple crises in the country. During their over two-year rule, the Taliban have been accused by human rights organizations of widespread human rights violations, including unprecedented suppression of people’s freedoms such as freedom of speech, action, and movement.
