Islamabad is expected to kick-start a registration campaign across the country for the estimated 600,000 illegal Afghan refugees living in various parts of Pakistan, the chief commissioner of Afghan refugees in Pakistan said on Tuesday.

According to The Express Tribune, Dr Imran Zeb said the Pakistani government would start a campaign in July to register these refugees.

“The (Pakistani) government has joined hands with the Afghan regime to carry out this initiative,” he said.

The 600,000 refugees was in addition to the one million documented Afghan refugees in the country, he added.

“Through this, the process of registering undocumented Afghan refugees will begin,” he explained adding that 21 registration centers and mobile teams would work to register the refugees around the country.

He also said the Afghan government would provide about 100 officials to man registration points.

“Before the registration process, an awareness campaign will be launched in the province related to inform the illegal refugees about the benefits of having themselves registered,” he said.

According to The Express Tribune, the UNHCR will financially support the project with RAHA as the implementing partner.