A senior official at Pakistan's Ministry of Interior tasked with handling refugees told CBS News the country had 'restricted visas and the border, but despite this, around 250,000 Afghans crossed into Pakistan.'
's state-run television network. CBS News met her Tuesday in a park in Pakistan's capital, as she tried to squeeze herself and her two young children under a shelter to escape a monsoon downpour. Baraki's family has been living in the park in a wealthy corner of Islamabad since she lost her job when theAs unregistered refugees, Baraki and her husband don't have any income, so they can't rent a proper home.
Merhia and Fahim Baraki, center, sprinkle water on their son in the midday heat of Islamabad, Pakistan, June 20, 2022, during a protest by hundreds of Afghan refugee families demanding legal status as asylum seekers.
Fahim Baraki stands with his daughter as his son gestures during a protest in Islamabad, Pakistan, June 20, 2022, held by his family and hundreds of other Afghan refugees demanding legal status as asylum seekers. The word"kill" on their shirts is part of a slogan adopted by the refugees, who say the world should"kill us or rescue us" from their makeshift camp in the Pakistani capital.
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