Pakistan — Flow Monitoring of Undocumented Afghan Returnees from Pakistan (7—13 January 2018)

Since January 2017, overall, 97,921 returnees have been reported returning through Torkham and Chaman/Spin Boldak. Between 7-13 January 2018, 288 returnees were recorded. Out of the total number of returns during the present reporting period, 57% returnees were female whereas 43% were male. The top 5 destination provinces for returns are: Kandhar (35%), Nangarhar (29%), Kabul (13%), Hilmand (5%) and Kunduz (4%). The largest proportion of returns is from Balochistan (45%), followed by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (43%), Punjab (7%), FATA (4%) and Sindh (1%). Main push factors are the wish to return home and the fear of being deported, while the main pull factors were returning to own country and reunion with family/relatives.