Airport Security Force (ASF) officials stand guard near the main gate of the Benazir International Airport in Islamabad, Pakistan, December 3, 2015. Pakistan refused to allow 30 migrants deported from Greece to leave a plane at Islamabad on Thursday, a week after talks with the European Union to settle a dispute over forced repatriations. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan refused to allow about 30 migrants deported from Greece to get off a plane at Islamabad on Thursday, a week after talks with the European Union to settle a dispute over forced repatriations.
The charter plane later took off with the rejected returnees still aboard, after 19 others whom Pakistan deemed legitimate deportees were allowed to disembark, the Interior Ministry said.
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