Afganistan, July 15 -- Since November 2023, the government of Pakistan has been implementing a campaign of deportations of Afghan refugees. While at first it began with deporting unregistered Afghan refugees, all Afghan refugees are now being targeted, no matter their status.
"Since the deportations were announced, we live in constant anxiety," said an Afghan refugee and father of two girls visiting a Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) clinic in Balochistan, Pakistan. "We avoid going out due to fear of arrest. Families are afraid to sleep at night, not knowing if there will be a raid. The children are traumatized."
The government has now announced a halt to deportations of Afghan refugees who have "proof of registratio...