Afghan refugees ‘forced to pay bribes’ amid crackdown

After setting the deadline for eviction of undocumented foreigners, especially Afghan nationals, the police began the crackdown against them. However, refugees were claiming that the police taking bribes from them in the fence of operation.

In a bid to repatriate more than a million undocumented Afghan migrants and other foreigners until November 1, the authorities were checking the documents of all refugees settled in entire the country.

Law enforcement agencies have arrested over 1,500 illegal and undocumented Afghan refugees from Sohrab Goth, Afghan Basti, Kochi Camp, and Ittehad Town Muhajir Camp of Karachi.

Meanwhile, the government barred the authorities from arresting registered Afghan nationals, but some were claiming that the police were putting them in the police vehicle, and asking for money to release them, even though they had all the documents in accordance with Pakistan’s law.

Speaking to Aaj News, an Afghan national said: “We believe that Pakistan is our home, regardless of producing the document we were facing difficulties.”

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The refugees demanded the government halt authorities from capturing and disturbing the legal migrants after checking their papers.

However, the dispute reached the Chaman border between Afghanistan and Pakistan was closed again over invalid documents.