| The government has prepared a “strong action plan” to close the Jalozai and Kacha Garhi camps for Afghan refugee in the NWFP and a high-level meeting will discuss the situation tomorrow (Saturday), a senior official of the Commissionerate for Afghan Refugees (CAR) told Daily Times on Thursday. Under the plan, all services within the two camps will be closed in coordination with UNHCR, all refugees who do not register with the government will be arrested and deported to Afghanistan, and their trucks, buses and machinery will be impounded, the official said. “Police will set up pickets to restrict the movement of refugees from the Kacha Garhi camp towards urban areas,” said the official, adding that all businesses established by refugees outside the camps would be closed in the second phase. |