Afghanistan, June 21 -- Amnesty International urges Pakistan to stop deporting Afghan refugees, renew PoR cards, and uphold international laws protecting those seeking safety.
Amnesty International on Friday called on Pakistan to immediately stop deporting Afghan refugees and extend their Proof of Registration (PoR) cards. The call was made on World Refugee Day as part of an appeal to respect international law.
The human rights group stated that Pakistan has forcibly returned over 1,080,312 Afghan refugees since October 2023. Amnesty emphasized that such deportations violate the international legal principle of non-refoulement, which protects refugees from being returned to unsafe countries.
According to Amnesty, around 1.4 million Afgha...