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Almost 300 Afghan immigrants return in one day from Pakistan
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) Ministry of Immigrants and Returnees said Tuesday that close on 300 Afghan immigrants returned to the country from Pakistan on Monday.
According to the ministry, 53 Afghan migrant families, including 298 people, returned home in one day.
The head of the Directorate of Refugee Affairs of Kandahar province in Spin Boldak said the families were referred to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) immediately after crossing the border in order to get urgent aid.
Each family was handed 3,000 afghanis, food, kitchen utensils and blankets.
According to the United Nations Migration Agency, there are currently around 1.3 million legal Afghan immigrants living in Pakistan, but it is estimated that hundreds of thousands of Afghan immigrants without legal documents are also living in Pakistan.