Pakistan - Flow Monitoring of Undocumented Afghan Returnees from Pakistan (12 - 25 March 2023)

Between 12 March and 25 March 2023, 5,181 undocumented Afghan nationals spontaneously returned to Afghanistan, including 2,679 through the Torkham border point and 2,502 through the Chaman border point. Border authorities facilitated the return of 329 individuals due to the lack of legal documentation to remain in Pakistan. Therefore, information about these individuals are not included in the count. Although IOM identified 18,926 undocumented Afghan returnees at two border crossings, this may not reflect the total number of undocumented Afghan returnees. Moreover, for this study, only the head of household or representative of the family were interviewed. This means that the number of interviews conducted by the enumerators is lower than the number of returnees recorded by IOM. Between 12 March and 25 March 2023, IOM interviewed 206 respondents