*ISLAMABAD – The United Kingdom government has deported number ofPakistanis over illegal stay in the country. *
*As per media report, UK has deported 23 Pakistanis from the country onThursday.*
The persons deported from the UK were living illegally in the country. Theywere sent back to their home country through a special flight that landedat the Islamabad International Airport.
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has allowed the deported Pakistanisto head to their homes after they landed in Pakistan.
In October last year, Thai authorities had convicted at least 70 Pakistaniasylum seekers of staying illegally in Thailand, as police intensify acrackdown on illegal immigration.
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The Taling Chan Provincial Court, according to Associated Press, issuedfines and up to two-month suspended jail sentences to the group, which wascharged with overstaying their visas and illegal entry. An officer incharge of the case, who declined to be named because of office policy, saidthey will be held in a detention centre until they are deported.
The group was accompanied by 11 children who will also be held in thedetention centre.
Police said 52 of the defendants were arrested on Tuesday after they werefound to have formed a group that smuggled Pakistani asylum seekers intoThailand with the goal of reaching other countries.
