*According to the UNHCR, Pakistan continues to host approximately 1.7 million refugees*

Indeed they do and so they should. Its gone down tremendously, as
millions more had fled the Taliban and have now returned to Pakistan.

Many of those in Pakistan were born there, work and live there.
They still arn't given permanent residency, but only temporary
protection. If we do the same here, you would be howling in protest.

Those in refugee camps in Pakistan are looked after by the UNHCR,
ready to return to Afghanistan when it can take them. Only the
Pakistani Govt makes it difficult, with their support for the Taliban.

If Pakistan stopped supporting the Taliban, the rest could go home
too. So its up to Pakistan really.

Given that Pakistan's popultion has been increasing at 3 million
a year for yonks, overpopulation is clearly not an issue.

Neither it seems, is it in France. They stick them in slums surrounding cities and are hardly running out of land to do so,
or they would not need to dump their agricultural products on
world markets due to overproduction.

But there is of course still lots of spare land in Afghanistan, so
why not just send them back there? They are hardly full.

Spot-on, Yabby,

Alan still can't seem to get his head around the fact that there is a massive difference between "hosting" and "resettling"!

Can the untrustworthy and incompetent Juliar manage a simple task like emulating the pacific solution. Her woeful past record indicates not.

'Am I bloody ashamed of myself for peddling lies? No, not really, Keith...'

ha honesty at last.