AFGHAN VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION - JAN TO DEC 2020...Ghor KapisaNuristan Badakhshan Bamyan Baghlan...
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AFGHANISTAN
ISLAMICREPUBLICOF IRAN
LaghmanKabul
Jawzjan Balkh
Nangarhar
Samangan
ParwanBadghis
Daykundi
Farah
Uruzgan
Zabul
Hirat
Nimroz
Kunar
Kandahar
Hilmand
Paktika
KunduzTakhar
Ghazni
Ghor
KapisaNuristan
Badakhshan
BamyanBaghlan
Sar-e-Pul
WardakPaktya
Panjsher
Khost
Logar
Faryab
Ardabil
SouthKhorasan
FarsBushehr
Khuzestan
Hormozgan
Semnan
Kerman
RazaviKhorasan
Chaharmahaland Bakhtiari
Alborz
Lorestan
Qom
Qazvin
Markazi
Yazd
Ilam
EastAzerbaijan
Gilan
Mazandaran
Kohgiluyeh andBoyer-Ahmad
Zanjan
WestAzerbaijan
IsfahanKermanshah
Kurdistan
Golestan
Hamadan
Tehran
NorthKhorasan
Sistan andBaluchestan
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10
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Intended return locationin Afghanistan
Voluntary repatriatedfrom Iran
Repatriated by province
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400IndividualsDocument problems of family member
Study in COOTo get married in COO
OthersFamily member departed/living in COO
Live in COO for the rest of my lifeAttain Student Visa for studying in Iran
Financial problem in Iran
947 refugeesrepatriatedin 2020
29 %are students
17 persons have specific needs
49%are women
40%
30%
15%
7%
4.5%
2.7%
0.5%
0.3%
2019 2020
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DECNOVOCTSEPAUGJULJUNMAYAPRMARFEBJANDECNOVOCTSEPAUGJULJUNMAYAPRMARFEBJAN
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2020201920182017201620152014201320122011
Total voluntary repatriatedStudents
2,8464,456
8,185
15,006
18,667
2,298 1,197 1,972 1,952 947
Reason of return to Afghanistan (% of individuals)
Trend over the years (2011 - 2020)
Monthly trend (2019 and 2020)
UNHCR facilitates voluntary repatriation for Afghan refugees who wish to return to their home country, once it is established that their return is voluntary, safe, dignifed and durable. Since 2002, UNHCR Iran has supported nearly 1 million refugees to return to Afghanistan. However, as the situation in Afghanistan remains fragile, only a small number of Afghan refugees in the Islamic Republic of Iran have shown willingness and ability to return to their home country. For as long as they have to remain in Iran, UNHCR supports the host government in providing Afghans with health, education and livelihoods opportunities. Individuals who are healthy, educated and have marketable-skills are typically more likely to return to their country of origin and feel capable of rebuilding their lives. Nonetheless, ultimately, a longer-term, political solution for Afghanistan’s protracted crisis is the only way to ensure safe, sustainable and voluntarily return of refugees.
In March 2020, UNHCR suspended its VolRep activities as a preventive measure to reduce exposure of refugees, host communities and staff to COVID-19. In May, UNHCR partially resumed VolRep activities from its Field Unit in Dogharoun, in keeping with health and security measures, to assist refugees who have opted to return to Afghanistan.
UNHCR facilitates the return of Afghan students from Iran to Afghanistan to obtain student visas to pursue their studies back in their country of asylum.
UNHCR helps returnees with specific needs including unaccompanied or separated children and elderly persons.
Students excluded, the age distribution for men and women combined:
60+18-59
0-17 32%59%
0.09%
VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION TRENDS
POPULATION PROFILE
VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION BY PROVINCE IN IRAN & INTENDED AREA OF RETURN IN AFGHANISTAN
Sources: UNHCR Iran. Updated: 10 Jan 2021. Contact: Patricia Delis-Gomez, Protection Officer, [email protected]; Farha Bhoyroo, Communications Officer, [email protected].
IRAN AFGHAN VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION - JAN TO DEC 2020as of 31 December 2020