Flow Monitoring - Spontaneous Returns of Undocumented Afghans from Pakistan

Overall returnees through Torkham and Chaman since January 2020

For this reporting period 50 interviews wereconducted comprising of the following categories

* interviews were conducted at both transit points, Torkham and Chaman/Spin Boldak

*Undocumented families

88%*Undocumented individuals travelling with documented families

12%*Undocumented individuals travelling alone

0%

5 – 18 January 2020

WHO IS AN UNDOCUMENTED AFGHANIndividuals with No DocumentsIndividuals with No Passport or Lapsed VisaIndividuals with TazkiraIndividuals with Expired POR Card

Individuals with ACC Token

Rented Car0%

Individuals with ACC Card

515

275Undocumented Afghan individuals returned to Afghanistan through the Torkham and Chaman/Spin Boldak border.95 individuals used the Torkham border crossing while 180 individualscrossed through Chaman/Spin Boldak border crossing.

Overall 7% individuals were identified as vulnerable duringthis reporting period

DisabledPersons

PregnantWomen

Individuals with no documentsAfghans who do not have any legaldocument (POR, ACC, VISA)

0%Individuals with no Passport orExpired VisaAfghans with expired visa or passportwithout visa

17%Individuals with Tazkira

Afghan ID card that comes underthe Undocumented Afghans category

0%Individuals with Expired POR CardProof of Registration (POR) cards that have expired before 2015

0%Individuals with ACC Token Individuals who received token to obtain ACC

4%Individuals with ACCIndividuals with Afghan Citizen Card (ACC)

79%

93%

Total %GenderAge Group

4%

92%

4%

60 + Yr

18 - 59 Yr

5 - 17 Yr

Age Group of Respondents

Female

Male

Respondents by Gender

16%

84%

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Overall 47 vehicles crossed from Torkham and Chaman/Spin Boldak borders. Majority of the returnees used Pick-ups and Buses (60% and 26% respec�vely) to return to Afghanistan. Cash & Household Items were reported as highest priority assets for migrants returning to Afghanistan.

Transport Type Summary

TRA

NSP

OR

T &

ASS

ETS

54%

Elderly Members

31%

Chronically ill persons

0%

FemaleHeaded

Households 11%

0%

4%

Families Carrying Cash

13%

ProductiveAssets

17%

* Mul�ple responses provided

4%

Livestock

Families Carrying Cash

ProductiveAssets

100%

Household Items or PersonalBelongings

Tork

ham

Cha

man Own

TransportationLivestock

0%

OwnTransportation

81% 100% 0% 11%

Male 65%

Female 35%

Male 100%

Female 0%Male 50%

Female 50%

Male 100%

Female 0%

Male 67%

Female 33%

Male 94%

Female 6%

Male 0%

Female 100%

Male 0%

Female 0%

Male 0%

Male 100%

Female 0%

* % of Households travelling with assets to Afghanistan

100%

Household Items or PersonalBelongings

Female 0%

Truck

Bus

On average 9individuals

used one Truck

On average 8individuals

used one pickup

14%

60%Pickup

On average 6individuals

used one bus26%

RET

UR

NS

& A

CC

CA

RD

DIS

TRIB

UTI

ON

By Foot0%

Total Male

48%

Total Female

0 - 4 Yr

5 - 17 Yr

18-59 Yr

60+ Yr

Age-Gender Disaggregation (Individuals)

50% 25% 0 25% 50%

52%

* Widows + Other

Age Group

2%

21.5

%2%

10.3

%18

.2%

16.7%20.1%

9.2%

* Other category include 4% mentally ill.

470,836

423,449

TorkhamChaman

ACC CardDistributed

495,855

546,511

570,465592,656

22

84

50 41

44 59

143

106 132

136 137

123

66

207

297

53 60

16 50

16

108 107

121 174

146 118

107

189

79 19

122

80

107 97 63

31

138

86 89

57 54

104

133 55 49

30 22 7 46 49

29 66

171

56

179

139

74

420

329

257

166

366

500

403

457 518

511

173

108 114

114

-

351 351

332

358

274 329

249

374

108

16

218

524

443

168

513

134

175

127

309

145

293

176 195

37

174 204

138 153 113

191

119

61

-

100

200

300

400

2020

24-30 Nov

1-7 Dec

20-26 Jan

3-9 Feb

27 Jan-2 Feb

10-16 Feb

17-23 Feb

24 Feb-2 Mar

3-9 Mar

10-16 Mar

17-23 Mar

24-30 Mar

31Mar-6 April

7-13 April

14-20 April

21 April-4 May

21-27 April 5-11 May

2019

9-15 June

16-22 June2-8 June

26 May-1 June

19-25 May

12-18 May

30 June- 6 July

23-29 June

7-13 July

14-20 July

21-27 July

28 July-3 Aug

11- 17 Aug

4 - 10 Aug

18- 24 Aug

25-31 Aug

1- 7 Sep

8-14 Sep

15-21 Sep

22-28 Sep

29 Sep -5 Oct

6-12 Oct

13-19 Oct

20-26 Oct

27 Oct-2 Nov

3-9 Nov 17-23 Nov

10-16 Nov

15-21 Dec 29 Dec-4 Jan

8-14 Dec

22-28 Dec

5-11 Jan

12-18 Jan

Chaman Border Torkham Border

Chaman Border Torkham Border

63%

75%

31%

88%

67%63%

33%31%

13%20%

25%

8%

63%

75%

100%

75%

87%

0%

50%

100%

15-21 Dec 22-28 Dec 29 Dec-4 Jan 5-11 Jan 12-18 Jan

13%

88%

100%

38%

100% 93%100%

100% 100%

88%

100%

0%

50%

100%

15-21 Dec 22-28 Dec 29 Dec-4 Jan 5-11 Jan 12-18 Jan

Flow Monitoring - Spontaneous Returns of Undocumented Afghans from Pakistan 5 – 18 January 2020

PUSH

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In Torkham, ‘Returning Home’ is trending downwards and 87% of the respondents cited this as a push factor (decrease of 13 percentage points compared to the last reporting period). ‘Economic Factors’ is trending upwards and 67% of the respon-dents cited this as a push factor (increase of 36 percentage points compared to the last reporting period). ‘Afraid of Being Deported’ decreased to 20% (decrease of 11 percentage points compared to the last reporting period). Whereas none of the respondents at Torkham reported ‘Lack of Documenta�on’ and ‘Camp Closure’ as a push factor.

In Chaman, ‘Returning Home’ is trending downwards and 50% of the respondents cited this as a push factor (decrease of 22 percentage points compared to the last reporting period). ‘Economic Factors’ is trending upwards and 42% of the respon-dents cited this as a push factor (increase of 14 percentage points compared to the last reporting period). Whereas none of the respondents at Chaman reported ‘Lack of Documenta�on’, ‘Afraid of Being Deported’ and ‘Camp Closure’ as a push factor.

The indicator rated as the main pull factor for both border crossing points was ‘Own Country’. This was reported by 100% of the respondents at Torkham and 83% of the respondents at Chaman. The second highest concern was ‘Reunion with Family / Rela�ves’ which was reported by 93% of the respondents at Torkham and 17% of the respondents at Chaman. Furthermore, none of the respondents at Torkham and Chaman reported ‘Improvement in Security Situa�on’ and ‘Availability of Assis-tance in Afghanistan’ as a pull factor.

PUSH FACTORS

PULL FACTORS

Economic Factors

Afraid of Being Deported

Camp Closure

Returning Home

Undocumented

Improvement in Security Situa�onAvailability of Assistance in Afghanistan

Reunion with Family and rela�ves

Own Country

Economic Factors Afraid of Being Deported Camp Closure Returning Home Undocumented

Availability of Assistance in Afghanistan

Reunion with Family andRela�ves

Own CountryImprovement in Security Situa�on

RANK 1Top three ranked provinces in Pakistanbased on the PUSH Factors’ responses are.

RANK 1Nangarhar

RANK 3KabulTop three ranked provinces in Afghanistan

based on the PULL Factors’ responses are.

Push factors: Factors which discourage Undocumented Afghan na�onals from staying in host country.

Pull factors: Factors which encourage UndocumentedAfghan na�onals to return to their country of origin.

RANK 2Kandahar

RANK 2 RANK 3BalochistanKPK Punjab

44%

25% 28%

13%

42%

8% 4%

56%

71% 72% 73%

50%

0%

50%

100%

15-21 Dec 22-28 Dec 29 Dec-4 Jan 5-11 Jan 12-18 Jan

8%

18%14%

7%17%

92%82%

86%93%

83%

0%

50%

100%

15-21 Dec 22-28 Dec 29 Dec-4 Jan 5-11 Jan 12-18 Jan

PUSH Factors (Weekly Trend)

PULL Factors (Weekly Trend)

Flow Monitoring - Spontaneous Returns of Undocumented Afghans from Pakistan 5 – 18 January 2020

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AFGHANISTAN

PAKISTAN

In Torkham, ‘Returning Home’ is trending downwards and 87% of the respondents cited this as a push factor (decrease of 13 percentage points compared to the last reporting period). ‘Economic Factors’ is trending upwards and 67% of the respon-dents cited this as a push factor (increase of 36 percentage points compared to the last reporting period). ‘Afraid of Being Deported’ decreased to 20% (decrease of 11 percentage points compared to the last reporting period). Whereas none of the respondents at Torkham reported ‘Lack of Documenta�on’ and ‘Camp Closure’ as a push factor.

In Chaman, ‘Returning Home’ is trending downwards and 50% of the respondents cited this as a push factor (decrease of 22 percentage points compared to the last reporting period). ‘Economic Factors’ is trending upwards and 42% of the respon-dents cited this as a push factor (increase of 14 percentage points compared to the last reporting period). Whereas none of the respondents at Chaman reported ‘Lack of Documenta�on’, ‘Afraid of Being Deported’ and ‘Camp Closure’ as a push factor.

The indicator rated as the main pull factor for both border crossing points was ‘Own Country’. This was reported by 100% of the respondents at Torkham and 83% of the respondents at Chaman. The second highest concern was ‘Reunion with Family / Rela�ves’ which was reported by 93% of the respondents at Torkham and 17% of the respondents at Chaman. Furthermore, none of the respondents at Torkham and Chaman reported ‘Improvement in Security Situa�on’ and ‘Availability of Assis-tance in Afghanistan’ as a pull factor.

Number of individualsreturning from Provincesof Pakistan

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LegendProvinceDistrict

Interna�onal Boundary

Return Movements to top 3Provinces (Individuals)

1 - 100101 - 1,0001,001 - 3,000

Concentra�on of Returnees1 - 100101- 500

500 - 3,000Line of Control

Karachi

SINDHBALOCHISTAN

PUNJABSOUTHERN PAKISTAN

PUNJAB

BALOCHISTAN

K P K Jammu &

Kashmir

P A K I S T A N

A F G H A N I S T A N

Rawalpindi

Sialkot

Lahore

HaripurPeshawar

Charsadda

Islamabad

Kandahar

Ghor

Zabul

Ghazni

Pak�ka

Baghlan

Bamyan

Daykundi

Sar-e-Pul

Wardak

Balkh

Uruzgan

Samangan

Nuristan

BadakhshanTakhar

Kunar

Kabul

Logar

Pak�a

Parwan

Khost

Faryab

Nangarhar

Panjsher

Jawzjan

Laghman

Kapisa

Kunduz

Hilmand

Herat

KhyberAgency

Abbotabad

Kohat

Lakki Marwat

Bannu

Que�a

Population Movement Trend for Spontaneous Returns of Undocumented Afghans from Pakistan

Pishin

Killa Abdulla

h

37

69

Farah

Data Source: Popula�on Census Organiza�on,UNOCHA

Disclaimers: The designa�ons employed and the presenta�on of material on this map do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Na�ons concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authori�es, or concerning the delimita�on of its fron�ers or boundaries. The do�ed line represents approximately the line of control between India and Pakistan. The final status of Jammu and Kashmir has not yet been agreed upon by the par�es.

Please note: The boundaries and names shown and the designa�ons used on this map do not imply official acceptance or endorsement by IOM.

Disclaimers: The designa�ons employed and the presenta�on of material on this map do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Na�ons concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authori�es, or concerning the delimita�on of its fron�ers or boundaries. The do�ed line represents approximately the line of control between India and Pakistan. The final status of Jammu and Kashmir has not yet been agreed upon by the par�es.

Please note: The boundaries and names shown and the designa�ons used on this map do not imply official acceptance or endorsement by IOM.

The top 5 des�na�on provinces for returns are- Kandahar (42%)- Nangarhar (23%)- Kabul (11%)- Hilmand (8%)- Laghman (5%)

The largest propor�on of returnsare from:- Balochistan (44%)- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (25%)- Sindh (18%)- Punjab (13%)

11851

LegendProvinceDistrict

Interna�onal Boundary

Concentra�on of Returnees1 - 100101- 500

500 - 3,000Line of Control

Karachi

SINDHBALOCHISTAN

PUNJABSOUTHERN PAKISTAN

PUNJAB

BALOCHISTAN

K P K

FATA

Jammu & Kashmir

P A K I S T A N

Rawalpindi

Sialkot

Lahore

HaripurPeshawar

Charsadda

Islamabad

Kandahar

KhyberAgency

Abbotabad

Kohat

Lakki Marwat

Bannu

Que�a

Current Living Conditions of Undocumented Afghans in Pakistan

Pishin

Killa Abdulla

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LIVI

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CO

ND

ITIO

NS

IN P

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Data Source: Popula�on Census Organiza�on,UNOCHA

* The Response for “Own House” relates to the fact that land/house is bought in the name of Pakistani rela�ves.

Living in Own House

Current Living Condi�on of Undocumented Afghans in Pakistan

Rented House

Living in Camp

Spontaneous Se�lements

Living with Rela�ves

Living in Closed Camp

Overall, 96% of Undocumented Afghan returnees reported livingin rented houses, whereas the remaining 4% reported living in camps.

There are differences at provinciallevels where for example in Sindhand Punjab 100%, in Balochistanand Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 94% of Undocumented Afghan returneesreported living in rented houses.

In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan 6% of the Undocumented Afghan returneesreported living in camps comparedto none in Sindh and Punjab.

Rented House 96%

94%

100%

20%

20%20%

100%

94%

100%

4%

100%

Living in a camp

6%

6%