Pakistan Calls For Enhanced Dialogue And Cooperation On Migration Issues
Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published February 21, 2019 | 02:54 PM
Addressing the 6th Ministerial Conference of the Budapest Process on migration issues in Istanbul, Pakistans Minister of State for Interior, Mr. Shehryar Afridi stressed the need for enhanced dialogue and cooperation between countries of origin, transit and destination
ISTANBUL (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / NNI - 21st February, 2019) Addressing the 6th Ministerial Conference of the Budapest Process on migration issues in Istanbul, Pakistans Minister of State for Interior, Mr.
Shehryar Afridi stressed the need for enhanced dialogue and cooperation between countries of origin, transit and destination.The Minister underscored that to effectively address migration, law enforcement cooperation needs to be supplemented by efforts to address underlying drivers of irregular migration and opening more avenues for legal migration.
He also invited attention to assess the impact of restrictive visa regime and stringent border controls on the entire cycle of migration.The Minister also called for countering the tendencies of xenophobia, racial profiling and Islamophobia in destination and cautioned against scapegoating migrants for narrow political gains.
Minister Shehryar Afridi said Pakistan is both a country of origin as well as destination for migrants.
He added Pakistan continued to host, on an average, more than a million irregular migrants from neighboring countries and the region for over four decades. He said these migrants have enjoyed social mobility, employment opportunities and access to health and education.
He said that Pakistan has effective migration policies that were implemented through robust legal and administrative frameworks.On the sidelines of the Conference, Minister Shehryar Afridi held meetings with the Ministers of Interior of Turkey, Greece, Croatia as well as the Minister for Refugees of Afghanistan, and exchanged views on various aspects of migration. NNI
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