Refugees refuse to vacate camp

Published March 13, 2006

PESHAWER, March 12: Nearly 465 families of Afghan refugees have refused to vacate the Kacha Garhi camp till April 30. Sources said the government had ordered that the refugee camp should be vacated voluntarily by March 30.

The refugees did not respond to the invitation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to repatriate to Afghanistan from March 6 to 11, the sources said.

They have reportedly started a struggle for not vacating the camp.—Online

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