Due to lack of financial support the youth of the country is facing unemployment that is harming their lives too and they are looking for the jobs, most of them are trying to seek careers abroad because in Pakistan they have less job opportunities. Thus every second young fellow wants to go abroad for his bright future. Every day thousands of young people applying for European visas, but foreign mission often didn’t accepts their applications. Therefor most of the money spending on visa process being wasted. On other hand millions of thousands of boys rick their lives and trying their lucks with illegal attempts to settle in the European countries but in most of case they lost their lives.
Three days back another boat of illegal migrants drowned in the Greek waters in which five Pakistanis were dead on the spot. The reports said the death toll in the Greek boat tragedy has risen to five, all of them Pakistanis, whereas 35 are still missing after multiple boats capsized in Greek territorial waters on Saturday. Pakistan’s Ambassador to Greece Aamar Aftab Qureshi revealed that the boats, carrying more than 80 Pakistani nationals, also included minor passengers. Now it’s become a big dilemma for the nation every year dozens of young Pakistanis taking their lives by illegal migration attempts.
According to the reports Pakistan has climbed to fifth place among countries with the highest number of illegal immigrants in Europe a report released by the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR). The report revealed that nearly 40% of Pakistanis expressed a desire to leave the country, citing economic challenges, political instability, unemployment, inflation, terrorism, and limited educational opportunities as key reasons.
The report detailed that Pakistan was not among the top 10 countries for illegal migration to Europe in 2022 but surged to fifth place by mid-2023. These news are very sad that By December 2023, 8,778 Pakistanis had crossed into Europe illegally. Most migrants traveled through routes involving Dubai, Egypt, and Libya. During the first half of 2023, around 13,000 Pakistanis reached Europe through these routes, with 10,000 not returning.
If we have keen look at the illegal migrant’s record- it’s very thoughtful, the illegitimate Migration trends were higher in urban areas compared to rural ones, with 40% of urban residents and 36% of rural populations expressing a willingness to emigrate. The highest desire to leave was recorded in Balochistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), and Gilgit-Baltistan at 42%, followed by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at 38%, Sindh at 37.6%, and Islamabad at 36.5%.
The report also revealed a 280% increase in illegal emigration from Pakistan to Europe in the first 10 months of 2022. Similar spikes were noted for Turkey (208%), Egypt (179%), Afghanistan (165%), Syria (122%), and Bangladesh (92%). Among nationalities, Syrians accounted for 42.7% of illegal migrants to Europe, followed by Afghans (16.4%), Tunisians (12.1%), Egyptians (9.6%), Bangladeshis (8%), Turks (5.7%), and Pakistanis (5.5%).
While the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) intensified its crackdown on human smugglers following the Greek tragedy. In 2023, 189 cases were registered, leading to 854 arrests. During the first eight months of 2023, over 25,000 Pakistanis were deported by air, 3,150 by land, and 10,366 were offloaded.
That data shows the non-seriousness of the government and the ministries those responsible for the job creations. The weak socioeconomic system of the country reflects that, most of the annual budget that should be use on the developments and job producing-oriented project is wasting of the luxuries or salaries of the elite class, establishment, minsters and members of assembly. The layman in the country is always being neglected by the governments. As result most of the young population is at risk of their lives but unfortunately the rulers and opposition political parties are busy in musical chair game that create a greet hype of unemployment in the country which is now need full attention, otherwise in the near future it will be impossible for us control the youth- coming out on roads against that system.
