Pakistan — Flow Monitoring of Undocumented Afghan Returnees from Pakistan (01 July - 15 July 2023)

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Contact
DTM Pakistan, iomisbdtmremapteam@iom.int
Language
English
Location
Pakistan
Period Covered
Jul 01 2023
Jul 15 2023
Activity
  • Flow Monitoring

Between 01 and 15 July 2023, 4,746 undocumented Afghan nationals spontaneously returned to Afghanistan, including 2,915 through the Torkham border point and 1,831 through the Chaman border point. Border authorities facilitated the return of 67 individuals due to the lack of legal documentation to remain in Pakistan. Therefore, information about these individuals is not included in the count. Although IOM identified 49,582 undocumented Afghan returnees (between 1 January - 15 July 2023) 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 01 and 15 July 2023, IOM interviewed 193 respondents.