The Sindh government shifted 16 Afghan children, who had been imprisoned in a jail in Sukkur district, to a children's remand home in Karachi on Saturday. "The children have been shifted to Karachi and the Afghan consul general has also been contacted to help in their repatriation," he added. Over a week ago, the Kashmore-Kandhkot district police arrested 21 Afghan citizens, including 16 children, for illegally entering the country. Kolhi came across the children, between six to 14 years of age, during his visit to the Sukkur Central Jail on Thursday. He wrote to the CM on the same day, requesting him to deport the children "who are languishing in the youthful offender industrial school in Sukkur jail."

Source: The Express Tribune November 29, 2020 04:41 UTC