UN agencies raise alarm over Pakistan's move to deport thousands of Afghans waiting to go to the US
Two U.N. refugees and migration agencies have expressed their concern over Pakistan’s recent decision to forcibly deport thousands of Afghan refugees awaiting here for relocation to the United States and elsewhere
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