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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Munir Ahmed and Riaz Khan

Pakistan announces big crackdown on migrants in the country illegally, including 1.7 million Afghans

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Pakistan’s government announced a major crackdown Tuesday on migrants in the country illegally, saying it would expel them starting next month and raising alarm among foreigners without documentation who include an estimated 1.7 million Afghans.

The country’s caretaker Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti said the crackdown was not aimed at Afghans and would apply to all nationalities, though the vast majority of migrants in the country are Afghans.

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