2 people arrested over migrants trafficking in Nimroz

ZARANJ (Pajhwok): Two people have been detained in connection of illegal trafficking of migrants from Afghanistan to abroad in southwestern Nimroz province, officials said Tuesday.

Col. Abdul Raqib Mubariz, provincial police chief told Pajhwok Afghan News that two men who were trafficking Afghan migrants illegally from Nimroz to Pakistan and then to Iran arrested.

He said that three vehicles belonged to the traffickers also seized by police. Police stopped illegal trafficking of around 200 Afghan migrants and brought them back to Zaranj, the provincial capital, he said.

All those who planned to migrate from the country with the involvement of the two traffickers were advised not to be deceived by the traffickers, he said.

Ahmad, a resident of Zaranj city said that migrants’ traffickers had open movements in the city and in hotels but police did not arrest them.

“More than a thousand youths leave the country on daily basis due to problems in the country, some of them reach to their interested areas but some others are deported,” he said.

An official of the refugees and repatriation department of Nimroz who wished not to be named, said, “We agree that hundreds of people leave the country through Nimroz, but the same number of refugees are deported by Iran on daily basis,”

The source added that it was difficult to prevent people from migrating through Nimroz as the province had long borders with Iran and Pakistan.

Some of Nimroz residents say that insecurity and joblessness in the country were the reasons people are forced to migrate.

Gul Ahmad, a resident of Zaranj city, said that no one would leave the country if the government improve the security situation and provide job opportunities for people.

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