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1 10 100 1 10 100 Intended return location in Afghanistan Voluntary repatriated from Iran Repatriated by province 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 Individuals Study in COO Document problems of family member Family member departed/living in COO To get married in COO Others Financial problem in Iran Live in COO for the rest of my life Attain Student Visa for studying in Iran 778 refugees repatriated in 2021* 60% are students 10 person have specific needs 49% are women 60% 19% 2% 1% 1% 14% 1% * Out of 778 repatriated refugees 772 are Afghans and 6 are Iraqis. 2% 2020 2021 0 50 100 150 200 AUG JUL JUN MAY APR MAR FEB JAN DEC NOV OCT SEP AUG JUL JUN MAY APR MAR FEB JAN 0 5000 10000 15000 20000 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Total voluntary repatriated Students 2,846 4,456 8,185 15,006 18,667 2,298 1,197 1,972 1,952 947 778 AUG Reason of return to Afghanistan (% of individuals) Trend over the years (2011 - 2021) Monthly trend (2019 and 2021) 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. Following the April 2021 announcement of the withdrawal of international troops from Afghanistan by September 11 and the rapid deterioration of the security and human rights situation in Afghanistan, the number of UNHCR facilitated returns reached its lowest in 2021 with only 16 repatriations recorded in the month of August. UNHCR enhanced its counselling to prospective returnees to support informed decisions on return. 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 61% 8% 31% During this timeline, there were two Iraqi refugees who repatriated from East and West Azerbaijan to Erbil and four others from Khuzestan to Al-Qurna. VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION TRENDS POPULATION PROFILE VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION BY PROVINCE IN IRAN & INTENDED AREA OF RETURN IN AFGHANISTAN Sources: UNHCR Iran. Updated: Sep 2021. Contact: Patricia Delis-Gomez, Protection Officer, [email protected]; Farha Bhoyroo, Communications Officer, [email protected]. IRAN AFGHAN VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION - AUG 2021 as of 31 August 2021 AFGHANISTAN ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN Laghman Kabul Jawzjan Balkh Nangarhar Samangan Parwan Badghis Daykundi Farah Uruzgan Zabul Hirat Nimroz Kunar Kandahar Hilmand Paktika Kunduz Takhar Ghazni Ghor Kapisa Nuristan Badakhshan Bamyan Baghlan Sar-e-Pul Wardak Paktya Panjsher Khost Logar Faryab Ardabil South Khorasan Fars Bushehr Khuzestan Hormozgan Semnan Kerman Razavi Khorasan Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Alborz Lorestan Qom Qazvin Markazi Yazd Ilam East Azerbaijan Gilan Mazandaran Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Zanjan West Azerbaijan Isfahan Kermanshah Kurdistan Golestan Hamadan Tehran North Khorasan Sistan and Baluchestan
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Intended return locationin Afghanistan
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Financial problem in IranLive in COO for the rest of my life
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778 refugeesrepatriatedin 2021*
60%are students
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Trend over the years (2011 - 2021)
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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.
Following the April 2021 announcement of the withdrawal of international troops from Afghanistan by September 11 and the rapid deterioration of the security and human rights situation in Afghanistan, the number of UNHCR facilitated returns reached its lowest in 2021 with only 16 repatriations recorded in the month of August. UNHCR enhanced its counselling to prospective returnees to support informed decisions on return.
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
0-1761%
8%
31%
During this timeline, there were two Iraqi refugees who repatriated from East and West Azerbaijan to Erbil and four others from Khuzestan to Al-Qurna.
VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION TRENDS
POPULATION PROFILE
VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION BY PROVINCE IN IRAN & INTENDED AREA OF RETURN IN AFGHANISTAN
Sources: UNHCR Iran. Updated: Sep 2021. Contact: Patricia Delis-Gomez, Protection Officer, [email protected]; Farha Bhoyroo, Communications Officer, [email protected].
IRAN AFGHAN VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION - AUG 2021as of 31 August 2021
AFGHANISTAN
ISLAMICREPUBLICOF IRAN
LaghmanKabul
Jawzjan Balkh
Nangarhar
Samangan
ParwanBadghis
Daykundi
FarahUruzgan
Zabul
Hirat
Nimroz
Kunar
Kandahar
Hilmand
Paktika
Kunduz
Takhar
GhazniGhor
Kapisa
Nuristan
Badakhshan
Bamyan
Baghlan
Sar-e-Pul
Wardak
Paktya
Panjsher
KhostLogar
Faryab
Ardabil
SouthKhorasan
Fars
Bushehr
Khuzestan
Hormozgan
Semnan
Kerman
RazaviKhorasan
Chaharmahaland Bakhtiari
Alborz
Lorestan
Qom
Qazvin
Markazi
Yazd
Ilam
EastAzerbaijan
Gilan
Mazandaran
Kohgiluyeh andBoyer-Ahmad
Zanjan
WestAzerbaijan
Isfahan
Kermanshah
Kurdistan
Golestan
Hamadan
Tehran
NorthKhorasan
Sistan andBaluchestan
