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WFP reports thousands of Afghan refugees expelled from Pakistan empty-handed
Concerns about the situation of Afghan refugees being deported from Pakistan and their uncertain fate are increasing daily and thousands of these people have been returned to Afghanistan empty-handed, the World Food Program (WFP) said.
WFP published a video on Wednesday of an Afghan immigrant who, according to him, was deported after 14 years in Pakistan.
This immigrant said without mentioning his name: “We didn’t bring anything from Pakistan, we brought one or two blankets. We did not bring anything else. Now we don’t know what to do. There is nothing we can do.”
In November, the interim government of Pakistan officially started the process of deporting more than 1.7 million undocumented Afghan immigrants.
According to the United Nations and the International Rescue Committee, nearly half a million Afghans have been deported from Pakistan to Afghanistan in the last two months.
At the same time, Deputy Prime Minister for Administrative Affairs Maulvi Abdul Salam Hanafi, said on Wednesday during a ceremony to commemorate the 44th anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union that so far 800,000 Afghan refugees have been forcibly deported by Pakistan and Iran and that they are being processed by the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
Sirajuddin Haqqani, Acting Minister of Interior, also said that countries should treat Afghan immigrants according to international standards.
Haqqani said: “We say that something that is the norm of the world or the common principles that they have made, should be treated in the same light.” “Afghan immigrants are in trouble. They returned over the course of a month during the cold winter and moved here,” he said.
This comes amid an ongoing humanitarian crisis in the country.
According to United Nations, more than 29 million Afghans need humanitarian aid.
Despite the fact that various human rights defenders have repeatedly asked the Pakistani authorities to stop the forced deportation of Afghan immigrants, Islamabad has paid no attention to these requests.
Meanwhile, various institutions, including the World Food Program and the IEA government, announced that they are providing aid to the refugees returning from Pakistan.
Pakistan, Iran, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates have expressed with Afghanistan after flash floods killed more than 300 people and destroyed hundreds of homes in northern Baghlan province.
“The Government and the people of Pakistan express their heartfelt condolences on the tragic loss of life and widespread damage to property caused by heavy rains and flash floods in several provinces of Afghanistan,” Pakistan’s foreign ministry said in a statement. “Pakistan stands in solidarity with the people of Afghanistan during this difficult time.”
Qatar’s foreign ministry said: “The State of Qatar expresses its full solidarity with Afghanistan in face of the destruction caused by massive floods hitting the Baghlan province north of the country, which resulted in deaths and injuries.”
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stresses the State of Qatar’s firm support to Afghanistan and its brotherly people, and voiced its complete readiness to cooperate with the relevant authorities in Afghanistan to provide all means to help overcome crises,” it added.
UAE’s Foreign Ministry also expressed “its sincere condolences and sympathy with the friendly people of Afghanistan, and to the families of the victims, as well as its wishes for a speedy recovery for all the injured.”
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expresses his solidarity with the people of Afghanistan.
“The United Nations and its partners in Afghanistan are coordinating with the de facto authorities to swiftly assess needs and provide emergency assistance,” he said.
The Japanese ambassador in Kabul, Takayoshi Kuromiya, met Saturday with Sader Azam Osmani, the Deputy of the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock.
According to a statement from the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock, the meeting discussed Japan’s cooperation in these areas.
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations (MoRR) held Saturday an emergency meeting in Kabul attended by the humanitarian aid coordinator of the International Organization for Migration to instantly address the needs of recent flood victims in Baghlan province.
The ministry quoted Abdul Rahman Rahmani, head of the assistance coordination of the ministry, as saying that the goal of the meeting was to provide emergency assistance to flood victims and how to consider first aid.
According to reports, intense floods in Baghlan’s many districts have left hundreds of dead and injured.
The ministry stated that hundreds of houses have been destroyed and people are living in open space in the mountains.
Meanwhile, the ministry added that the figures are not yet final and the process of rescue operations is still ongoing with the cooperation of health teams.
At the meeting, Mohammad Omar Hashemi, the humanitarian aid coordinator of the International Organization for Migration, also assured that the organization is ready to provide urgent aid to the victims.
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