KABUL (BNA) The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations has reported the compulsory return of hundreds of Afghan migrants from Pakistan over the past two days.
The Office of the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations has announced today that 837 Afghan migrants returned to the country from the imaginary border line between Torghundi and Spin Boldak on the dates 18th and 19th of April.
Based on provincial authorities reports in Nangarhar, 90 families, totaling 468 individuals, were forcibly repatriated from Pakistan. Upon registration with the Ministry of Refugees, they were referred to the offices of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organization for Migration for assistance.
According to further information from the Spin Boldak border district in Kandahar, 67 families comprising 369 individuals returned from the mentioned border after registering with the district office.
The returnees were referred to the offices of the International Organization for Migration, the World Food Programme (WFP), and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for assistance. Additionally, each family received a payment of 10,000 Afghanis from the Afghan government.
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