Over 200,000 Rohingyas flee to Pakistan to avoid repression

[Safriz]

Pakistan is the most humanitarian country of the world when it comes to providing shelter to people whose lives are endangered...
Send 200'000 refugees to Australia and they will lock them up in a remote prison on a remote island...

 

[Imran Khan]

Five million illegal immigrants residing in Pakistan
By APP
Published: January 16, 2012

Refugees returning from Pakistan and Iran find themselves homeless or living in slums under tarpaulin. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE

ISLAMABAD: Around five million illegal immigrants have been residing in different cities of Pakistan for more than three decades.

The illegal immigrants, around two million Bangladeshis, 2.5 million Afghanis and 0.5 million other nationals including Africans, Iranians, Iraqis and Myanmars, are currently living in Quetta, Peshawar, Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi and other cities, an official said on Monday.

Regarding steps taken to control the flow of illegal immigration in the country, the official said that the Anti-Trafficking Units at Provincial Police Headquarters have been established to combat internal human trafficking while Inter Agency Task Force (IATF) has also been established.

He said the other measures are replacement of Personal Identification Secure Comparison Evaluation System (PISCES) by Integrated Border Management System (IBMS), having biometric facility, introduction of Machine Readable Passports (MRPs), black-listing of traffickers and installation of Human Trafficking Information System (HUTIS).

Establishment of Immigration check-post at zero point-250 in Balochistan, promulgation of Prevention and Control of Human Trafficking Ordinance (PACHTO) 2002, effective coordination with NGOs/IGOs for public awareness campaign through electronic and print media, installation of Immigration Intelligence Unit at FIA Headquarters with help of British High Commission were the other steps taken to control illegal immigrants.

Moreover, he said, seminars, documentaries, walks are being conducted regularly while pamphlets are distributed in different cities of the country as part of campaign to control those immigrants.

He said due to such efforts, Pakistan has been upgraded from Tier-II Watch List to Tier-II in the annual Trafficking in Person Report (TIP) 2010 published by State Department of United States and this year the country has maintained the same status of Tier-II in TIP Report 2011.

About the reasons, the official said the partition of Pakistan in 1971, cold war in Afghanistan in 1980s, poor law and order situation in Iraq, deteriorating economic and social conditions in these countries and friendly policies and international obligations on Pakistan to accommodate Afghan refugees resulted in the surge of immigrants number.


Five million illegal immigrants residing in Pakistan – The Express Tribune

 

[Safriz]

yesterday hindus were singing songs here on providing shelter to 'le 794' hindus from pakista.

Pakistan gave shelter to 200'000 burmese muslims and not a word comes out..we may be poor and resourceles,but thats how big our hearts are

 

[KRAIT]

whatever yaar but i am favor of clean up pakistan from every single migrant . only pakistanis should have right to live in pakistan not afghani burmeee bengalis or anyone else .

How you can do this....?

 

[W.11]

Pakistan is the most humanitarian country of the world when it comes to providing shelter to people whose lives are endangered...
Send 200'000 refugees to Australia and they will lock them up in a remote prison on a remote island...

i think becoming overly humanitarian will prove disasterous for pakistan because lets face the truth aboout the loyalties which lie for example the disloyal afghans who spread gun and drug culture in our country

 

[Che Guevara]

Pakistan is the most humanitarian country of the world when it comes to providing shelter to people whose lives are endangered...
Send 200'000 refugees to Australia and they will lock them up in a remote prison on a remote island...

may be true to some extent for muslim

 

[KRAIT]

yesterday hindus were singing songs here on providing shelter to 'le 794' hindus from pakista.

Pakistan gave shelter to 200'000 burmese muslims and not a word comes out..we may be poor and resourceles,but thats how big our hearts are

Currently...3.3 million BD people....go figure...not to forget millions given refuge during 1971....

 

[Safriz]

i think becoming overly humanitarian will prove disasterous for pakistan because lets face the truth aboout the loyalties which lie for example the disloyal afghans who spread gun and drug culture in our country

Yes refuges should be registered and issued identity cards....
And a standard drawn up for their naturalization and citizenship into pakistan..
People with money to invest,qualifications,sports skills .. If they want pakisyani nationality they should be given.

may be true to some extent for muslim

And in india....not even true for 'HINDUS'

 

[pak-marine]

200K .. when are they arriving ?? we should accomodate in lahore or any where in punjab

 

[asad71]

On the other hand any Muslim qualifies to reside in any Islamic Republic or Islamic Amirate by just being a Muslim. Isn't that the Islamic spirit of universality?

 

[Xestan]

On the other hand any Muslim qualifies to reside in any Islamic Republic or Islamic Amirate by just being a Muslim. Isn't that the Islamic spirit of universality?

Well, I can only speak about Pakistan for now, we have actually worked practically on the principle of Islamic brotherhood (Muslim Ummah), anywhere in the world when Muslims needed help and shelter, Pakistan was the one to stand first, from Afghanistan to Palestine, from Burma to Bosnia.. we have allowed Muslims from all over the world. We can all disagree on how so many foreigners/I] have been permitted to live in Pakistan but majority of the Pakistanis are always willing to help Muslims at any point of time, despite being stuck in hell of a problems of our own.

 

[American Pakistani]

According to UN Pakistan has hosted the most refugees in the world.