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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Adil Jawad

Pakistani police cracking down on migrants are arresting Afghan women and children, activists claim

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Pakistani police are arresting Afghan women and children in southern Sindh province as part of a government crackdown on undocumented migrants, activists said Saturday.

More than 250,000 Afghans have left Pakistan in recent weeks as the government rounded up, arrested and kicked out foreign nationals without papers. It set an Oct. 31 deadline for undocumented migrants to leave the country voluntarily.

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