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US Assistant Secretary for Refugees to visit Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Oct 8 (APP): U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration Eric P. Schwartz will visit Pakistan this week. He is travelling from Geneva, Switzerland, where he met with senior government officials from Pakistan who were attending the Executive Committee of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), according to a press release issued by the US Embassy here on Friday.Assistant Secretary Schwartz will meet Pakistan officials and representatives of international agencies, including the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and other international and non-governmental officials engaged in the humanitarian flood relief effort.
Schwartz will assess how humanitarian contributions have been utilized to meet the urgent needs of flood affected survivors.
Working with the government and humanitarian partners on increasing coordination in complex emergency response and seeking enhanced support for protracted refugee and conflict-affected internally displaced populations in Pakistan will be among U.S. government priorities in Pakistan.
Following his meeting with Pakistan officials in Geneva, Schwartz will also discuss plans for the local integration of Afghan refugees for whom repatriation or resettlement in a third country are not a durable solution.