Nearly 40,000 Afghan refugees have left Quetta amid Pakistan’s ongoing deportation campaign. Authorities have closed refugee camps and tightened border controls. Many Afghans, living in Pakistan for decades, are returning home as winter approaches and tensions rise at the Chaman border
The UNHCR has urged Pakistan to suspend the deportation of Afghan refugees, warning that forced returns—especially of women, girls, students, and the ill—could breach human rights. Pakistan plans to begin compulsory repatriation of PoR cardholders starting September 1.
