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epa11040579 Undocumented migrants and Afghan refugees sit inside a vehicle after being arrested during a police search operation at night in Karachi, Pakistan, 11 November 2023. The deadline set by Pakistan's government for undocumented immigrants and refugees to leave the country voluntarily expired on 01 November 2023. Pakistani authorities started to crack down on irregular migration, which particularly affects millions of Afghan refugees who had fled their homeland, many of them driven by decades of armed conflict and the return to power of the Taliban. EPA/SHAHZAIB AKBER