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Article: Non-Deportation of Afghan Refugees Being Sought From Pakistani Government: UNHCR Official

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November 2, 2001
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' (UNHCR) official said on Thursday that ensurance from the Pakistani government of not deporting newly arrived Afghan refugees was being sought by the UNHCR in an effort that those who have fled war and drought from within Afghanistan could receive due protection and assistance.

Addressing a press conference here in the Pearl Continental Hotel, Mr. Jacques Franquin, head of UNHCR's emergency team in Peshawar, said, as a surveyed number of at least 65,000 Afghans sofar had slipped into Peshawar, the capital of Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) since the September 11 terrorist attacks, the UHHCR, which has been offering ...

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