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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Munir Ahmed

UN agencies raise alarm over Pakistan's move to deport thousands of Afghans waiting to go to the US

APTOPIX Pakistan Afghan Refugees - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

The U.N. refugees and migration agencies on Wednesday expressed their concern over Pakistan's decision to deport thousands of Afghan refugees awaiting relocation to the United States and elsewhere.

The U.N. refugee agency, UNHCR, and the International Organization for Migration in a statement said they were seeking clarification from Pakistan, which said last week it would deport the refugees back to Afghanistan unless their cases were processed quickly by the countries that had agreed to take them in.

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