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Pakistan — Flow Monitoring of Undocumented Afghan Returnees from Pakistan (30 April —6 May 2017)
Contacter
DTM Pakistan, iomisbdtmremapteam@iom.int
Langue
English
Emplacement
Pakistan
Période couverte
Apr 30 2017
May 06 2017
Activité
- Flow Monitoring
IOM Pakistan’s Weekly Situation Report on the Return of Undocumented Afghans through the Torkham border during the reporting period 30th April - 6th May 2017.
· During the week of 30th April - 6th May 2017, a total of 5,723 undocumented Afghans returned to Afghanistan from Pakistan through the Torkham border, approximately a 24 % increase in the return caseload compared with the previous reporting period. Bringing the total undocumented Afghan returning to Afghanistan from Pakistan since the beginning of the year to 35,001.
· The top 5 province for returns are as follows: 57% of people returned to Nangarhar, 29% to Kabul, 4% to Laghman, 2% to Logar and 2% to Kunar.
· During the reporting period, Lack of Documentation was the most commonly cited (88%) push factor (a 3% decrease from last week).
· From last week, there is a 7% increase in the proportion of interviewees returning due to the availability of assistance in Afghanistan and a 2% decrease in the respondents citing “Improvement of security situation in Afghanistan” as a pull factor to return.
· All families were reported to be travelling with their household items/personal belongings. Around 63% families were travelling with productive assets including agricultural tool/seeds, rickshaw, sewing machines, additionally 44% families also reported as taking cash with them, a 36% decrease from the previous reporting period.
· In contrast to the previous reporting periods, returns can now also be observed from southern parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and from north east Punjab.