It sounds like the illegal immigrant issue we have in US. The only difference is that these Afghans have that "refugee status" whereas those crossing the US border don't have any such legal status.
A refugee can only stay permanently in the country if they get some sort of asylum or some sort of permanent resident status.
Anyway, I don't think they should close down their businesses or kick them out of the homes like this. Since these refuges are living in the country for years, there were no restrictions on them for opening businesses and stuff therefore the government should come up with a program to accommodate them in the system by giving them some sort of legal status or work visa or something like that. They should get the background checks and those who are involved in any illegal activities should be deported.
The refuges still living in the government sponsored camps along the border should be sent back. It the responsibility of the afghan government to implement some sort of program that will provide shelter to those refuges.
Utterly sad.. People who are like our brothers are being kicked out of Pakistan. Afghans will be always our brothers- Sad to see this govt. forcing them out. Hard-working Afghans are only going to benefit us. We should help them and repatriat them in the areas of Sind and Balochistan were there's not much civilization.
Actually, the elderly parents of Pakistani nationals are also entitled to apply for Pakistani citizenship. They only mention India…but I’m sure one could make a case for including Afghani nationals as well.
Actually, the elderly parents of Pakistani nationals are also entitled to apply for Pakistani citizenship. They only mention India...but I'm sure one could make a case for including Afghani nationals as well.
When the law specifically mentions India, it cannot be applied to Afghanistan.
You would need to pass a new law to grant citizenship to Afghan residents with Pakistani children..... but given that the pakistani parliament is trying to remove Afghans, it's unthinkable that they would be willing to make laws that would make it easier for them to stay.
The blunt reality is that Pakistan's government does not want even Pakistani citizens of Afghan refugee descent to stay in Pakistan. While there is no legal basis on which a Pakistani citizen can be expelled from or kept out of Pakistan, you can under the current law encourage these citizens to leave by removing all of their non-Pakistani family members and hoping that their families are more important to them than Pakistan is.
Utterly sad.. People who are like our brothers are being kicked out of Pakistan. Afghans will be always our brothers- Sad to see this govt. forcing them out. Hard-working Afghans are only going to benefit us. We should help them and repatriat them in the areas of Sind and Balochistan were there's not much civilization.
on paper a great idea ...but historically there has been bad relations between afghans and pakistanis , many wud gladly cooperate with india than with pakistan
Utterly sad.. People who are like our brothers are being kicked out of Pakistan. Afghans will be always our brothers- Sad to see this govt. forcing them out. Hard-working Afghans are only going to benefit us. We should help them and repatriat them in the areas of Sind and Balochistan were there's not much civilization.
not sure how much marijuana they can grow in Balochistan.
wrong it is not possible that 90% ofafghan refugees live in balochistan/nwfp - there is a very high proportion living in sindh and punjab. there is not enough f an economy to support afghans in balochistan nwfp - the real money lies within punjab and sindh. a lot of afghans may live as single men with their families back in nwfp/balochistan but still 90% is way too high.
life in afghanistan is worse thats why they cant go back. there arejobs in pakistan and most afghans have some sort of employment within pakistan.
"Influx of Afghan refugees to Sindh"? Almost 90% of 3.5 million Afghan refugees have always lived in NWFP and Balochestan and 2 million of them have already gone back to Afghanistan. I don't know how many of them live in Sindh and what Sindhis have suffered but I can only say that all of them better go back to Afghanistan as soon as possible and play their role in building up Afghanistan, most of them are anyhow leading a very miserable life in Pak and the life in Afghanistan cannot be worse.