The removal of people to temporary holding centers began a day earlier than previously announced. The interior ministry said 140,322 people had already voluntarily left.
Trucks piled high with belongings and crammed with people have jammed major roads out of the country.
Afghans have made up the bulk of those leaving so far. Some have been living in Pakistan for decades.
Brushing off calls to reconsider from the United Nations, rights groups and Western embassies, Pakistan - citing security concerns - set the Nov. 1 start date last month for the expulsion of all undocumented immigrants, including hundreds of thousands of Afghans.
https://news.yahoo.com/pakistan-arrests-migrants-expulsion-deadline-171433484.html
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