RASC News Agency: Reports from Pakistani media outlets indicate that between April 3rd and 13th, a minimum of 8,581 Afghanistani refugees have been expelled from the country. According to a SAMAA TV report released on Sunday night, April 14th, 3,127 men, 1,972 women, and 3,482 children, totaling Afghanistani refugees, have been newly expelled from Pakistan.
The report specifies that among the expelled refugees are 310 families, transported back to Afghanistan using 287 vehicles. According to the information from this media outlet, since the inception of the forced expulsion process of Afghanistani refugees from Pakistan until now, 535,940 refugees have been expelled from the country.
Despite repeated calls from international bodies to halt the forced expulsion of refugees from Pakistan, Pakistani authorities have affirmed that this process will continue. Earlier, the British newspaper The Guardian reported that the Pakistani government would commence the second phase of expelling Afghanistani refugees from the country on Monday, April 15th.
Predictions suggest that at least 400,000 Afghanistani refugees are expected to be expelled from Pakistan in this phase.
