Thousands of Pakistanis have been deported from completely different international locations for begging, whereas tens of thousands have been stopped at airports this 12 months over suspected illegal travel attempts, Geo News reported.
Thousands of Pakistanis have been deported from completely different international locations for begging, whereas tens of thousands have been stopped at airports this 12 months over suspected illegal travel attempts, Geo News reported.
During the session of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Rights, chaired by Agha Rafiullah, the Director General of the FIA, Riffat Mukhtar Raja, detailed enforcement actions and up to date traits. He knowledgeable the committee that 51,000 Pakistanis have been denied entry this 12 months.
Further, he reported that Saudi Arabia had the very best price of deportations, sending again 24,000 people for begging. The UAE additionally deported 6,000 Pakistanis on related grounds, whereas round 2,500 beggars have been expelled from Azerbaijan.
He famous that a number of folks trying to succeed in Europe beneath the guise of going for Umrah have been intercepted after authorities found paperwork indicating their intention to enter European international locations. “Those passengers were denied entry based on evidence,” the FIA DG said, as famous by Geo News.
Additionally, the committee was briefed that 24,000 Pakistanis travelled to Cambodia this 12 months, with 12,000 nonetheless unreturned, whereas 4,000 went to Myanmar on vacationer visas, and roughly 2,500 of them didn’t return, as reported by Geo News.
The FIA chief remarked that enhanced controls had raised Pakistan’s passport rating from 118 to 92, highlighting that the nation was beforehand among the many high 5 nations for illegal migration, however had improved its standing on account of up to date insurance policies.
He additionally talked about a lower in illegal migration to Europe, with 8,000 Pakistanis travelling illegally final 12 months, in comparison with 4,000 this 12 months. The FIA DG conveyed that Dubai and Germany had made official passports visa-free, and an e-immigration utility is about to launch by mid-January, as reported by Geo News.
Earlier in January this 12 months, over 200 Pakistanis have been deported from a number of international locations, together with Saudi Arabia and the US, previously week, Geo News reported on Wednesday. According to Geo News, these deportations stem from quite a lot of points corresponding to visa violations, authorized issues, and human trafficking.
(With ANI inputs)
