ISLAMABAD, Feb 23: The government has announced closure of three refugee camps in the North West Frontier Province and Balochistan at the end of April, offering the affected Afghans a choice of repatriation to Afghanistan or relocation within Pakistan.
The camps to be closed are Katchagari camp in Peshawar and Jungle Pir Alizai and Girdi Jungle camps in Balochistan. The camps are home to more than 51,000, 35,000 and 43,000 Afghans, respectively.
A statement issued here on Thursday said that the camps were being closed due to security, land development and camp consolidation and no one would be allowed to stay in the camps after they closed.
