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Afghan migrants cram into trucks and buses to leave Pakistan following government deadline
Afghan families board a bus to depart for their homeland, in Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023.
SCORES of Afghan migrants crammed into trucks and buses in Pakistan today and headed to the border ahead of a deadline by the government for those who are in the country illegally to leave or face deportation.
Pakistani officials had warned that people who are in the country illegally face arrest and deportation after October 31.
The deadline is part of a new anti-migrant crackdown that targets all undocumented or unregistered foreigners, according to Islamabad.
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