Refugees Hide Out In Homes Fearing Harassment, Arrest And Deportation

By Adnan Bitani


DERA ISMAIL KHAN

Five kilometers north of the city of D. I. Khan lies a sprawl of mud homes built for and lived in by thousands of Afghan refugees. In spite of multiple appeals by international rights bodies, Pakistan’s caretaker government has remained relentless in its mission to expel all illegal migrants from its domain. Those yet to be rooted out and driven across the border back to an Afghanistan under Taliban rule are arrested by deep fear and anxiety, while arbitrary arrests by police personnel as an extortion tactic has forced them to leave their jobs and remain confined in their homes to avoid this harassment.

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