Pakistan opens three new border crossing points for Afghans’ repatriations

The Government of Pakistan has officially informed about the opening of three new crossing points through which refugees will be repatriating from Monday (Today).

The government has proposed to open one border crossing point in the Badini-Shinband area of Qila Saifullah and two in Brabcha and Noor Wahab areas of Chagai district.

According to details, immigrants from Zhob, Loralai, Sherani and other nearby areas would be repatriated through the Badini-Shinband crossing.

Afghan nationals coming from Noshki, Chagai, Kharan, Washuk and the coastal district of Gwadar will be sent to Afghanistan from the other crossing points.

The Chaman border crossing has been overwhelmed due to the influx of immigrant repatriations.Over 88,000 Afghan nationals voluntarily returned from the Chaman border crossing alone.

With this, a total of 15938 families have returned to Afghanistan since September 17 which includes 57285 men, 44460 women and 11230 children. So far, 200,975 illegal persons have been sent back to their homeland, according to the Home Department.