Pakistan Refuses to Accept Some Migrants Deported by Greece

 

Reuters, 03/12 15:25 CET

By Asad Hashim

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan refused to allow about 30 migrants deported from Greece to get off a plane at Islamabad on Thursday, a week after talks with the European Union to settle a dispute over forced repatriations.

The charter plane later took off with the rejected returnees still aboard, after 19 others whom Pakistan deemed legitimate deportees were allowed to disembark, the Interior Ministry said.

A top EU official said last week that Pakistan would stick to an agreement to take back citizens deported from mainland Europe, days after Pakistani Interior Minister Nisar Ali Khan said Islamabad was suspending a repatriation deal. 

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Source: Euronews