Hazara refugees in Pakistan are fearful for their families left behind in Afghanistan

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : "We have brought peace to Afghanistan all are welcome," says Farid ulHaq, deputy chief of the border patrol, while nursing a rifle.
53% : but he knew would be the only hope of securing asylum.
49% : Thousands more Afghans have also poured into Iran, where border security has tightened up considerably over the last month.
40% : Many who make it into Iran have taken the treacherous route to Turkey hoping to be welcome there.
40% : All of them hold scraps of paper from a local partner of the United Nations saying they have logged their asylum claims with the Pakistani authorities.
40% : So all the Hazara families that The Independent interviewed at the border, in unofficial refugee camps in Pakistan and via encrypted messaging apps in Afghanistan said they fear death if they are not able to seek asylum abroad.

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