Saturday, February 7, 2015

Afghan Families Flee Persecution In Pakistan After School Attack: IOM









KABUL (Reuters) - Thousands of Afghan families are fleeing Pakistan to escape harassment after a deadly Taliban attack on a school in Peshawar in December, the head of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Afghanistan said on Saturday.


More than 22,000 undocumented Afghans flocked across the border at Torkham in January, more than twice the figure for the whole of 2014, said Richard Danzinger, the IOM's mission chief in Afghanistan.


Almost 1,500 others were deported in the same month, double the number of deportees in December.









from International Business Times http://www.ibtimes.com/afghan-families-flee-persecution-pakistan-after-school-attack-iom-1808790

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