Flow Monitoring - Spontaneous Returns of Undocumented Afghans from Pakistan

Overall returnees through Torkham and Chaman since January 2019

For this reporting period 125 interviews wereconducted comprising of the following categories

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

*Undocumented families

83.2%*Undocumented individuals travelling with documented families

15.2%*Undocumented individuals travelling alone

1.6%

10th - 23rd November 2019

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

16,447

420 Undocumented Afghan individuals returned to Afghanistan through the Torkham and Chaman/Spin Boldak border.188 individuals used the Torkham border crossing while 232 individualscrossed through Chaman/Spin Boldak border crossing.

Overall 10% 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

1%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)

78%

90%

Total %GenderAge Group

12%

85%

3%

60 + Yr

18 - 59 Yr

5 - 17 Yr

Age Group of Respondents

Female

Male

Respondents by Gender

15%

85%

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Overall 105 vehicles crossed from Torkham and Chaman/Spin Boldak borders. Majority of the returnees used Pick-ups and Trucks (45% and 42% 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

57%

Elderly Members

16%

Chronically ill persons

5%

FemaleHeaded

Households 15%

1%

6%

Families Carrying Cash

46%

ProductiveAssets

18%

* Mul�ple responses provided

11%

Livestock

Families Carrying Cash

ProductiveAssets

100%

Household Items or PersonalBelongings

Tork

ham

Cha

man Own

TransportationLivestock

11%

OwnTransportation

74% 100% 3% 7%

Male 68%

Female 32%

Male 99%

Female 1%Male 80%

Female 20%

Male 100%

Female 0%

Male 73%

Female 27%

Male 99%

Female 1%

Male 67%

Female 33%

Male 100%

Female 0%

Male 67%

Male 100%

Female 0%

* % of Households travelling with assets to Afghanistan

100%

Household Items or PersonalBelongings

Female 33%

Truck

Bus

On average 9individuals

used one Truck

On average 8individuals

used one pickup

42%

45%Pickup

On average 5individuals

used one bus13%

RET

UR

NS

& A

CC

CA

RD

DIS

TRIB

UTI

ON

By Foot0%

Total Male

46.9%

Total Female

0 - 4 Yr

5 - 17 Yr

18-59 Yr

60+ Yr

Age-Gender Disaggregation (Individuals)

50% 25% 0 25% 50%

53.1%

* Widows + Other

Age Group

2.5%

24.5

%3.

1%11

%14

.5%

18.9%17%

8.5%

* Other category include 1% mentally ill.

470,836

423,449

TorkhamChaman

ACC CardDistributed

495,855546,511

570,465

592,656

131 48

49 46 49

54 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

323 326

254

551

105

162 171

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 -

2018

9-15 Dec

16-22 Dec

23-29 Dec

30 Dec-5 Jan

6-12 Jan 20-26 Jan

13-19 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 June

2-8 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

Flow Monitoring - Spontaneous Returns of Undocumented Afghans from Pakistan

Chaman Border Torkham Border

Chaman Border Torkham Border

10th - 23rd November 2019

47%

65%

42%

69% 73%

15%

20%

29%

19%

17%

1% 6%7%

10%5%

31%

97% 94%89%

92%90%

0%

50%

100%

20-26 Oct 27 Oct-2 Nov 3-9 Nov 10-16 Nov 17-23 Nov

10%

8%

74% 71%74%

85%83%

97% 94% 95% 100% 100%

0%

50%

100%

20-26 Oct 27 Oct-2 Nov 3-9 Nov 10-16 Nov 17-23 Nov

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In Torkham, ‘Returning Home’ is trending upwards and 90% of the respondents cited this as a push factor (increase of 1 percentage point compared to the last reporting period). ‘Economic Factors’ is trending upwards and 73% of the respondents cited this as a push factor (increase of 31 percentage points compared to the last reporting period). ‘Afraid of Being Deported’ decreased to 17% (decrease of 12 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 upwards and 70% of the respondents cited this as a push factor (increase of 2 percentage points compared to the last reporting period). ‘Economic Factors’ is trending downwards and 26% of the respondents cited this as a push factor (decrease of 1 percentage point 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 83% of the respondents at Torkham and 13% 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 Sindh

20%

38%

27% 26%26%

2%3% 4% 4%

86%

63%68% 67% 70%

0%

50%

100%

20-26 Oct 27 Oct-2 Nov 3-9 Nov 10-16 Nov 17-23 Nov

4% 4%

14% 10%

36%

9% 13%

86%90%

59%

87%83%

0%

50%

100%

20-26 Oct 27 Oct-2 Nov 3-9 Nov 10-16 Nov 17-23 Nov

PUSH Factors (Weekly Trend)

PULL Factors (Weekly Trend)

Flow Monitoring - Spontaneous Returns of Undocumented Afghans from Pakistan 10th - 23rd November 2019

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In Torkham, ‘Returning Home’ is trending upwards and 90% of the respondents cited this as a push factor (increase of 1 percentage point compared to the last reporting period). ‘Economic Factors’ is trending upwards and 73% of the respondents cited this as a push factor (increase of 31 percentage points compared to the last reporting period). ‘Afraid of Being Deported’ decreased to 17% (decrease of 12 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 upwards and 70% of the respondents cited this as a push factor (increase of 2 percentage points compared to the last reporting period). ‘Economic Factors’ is trending downwards and 26% of the respondents cited this as a push factor (decrease of 1 percentage point 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 83% of the respondents at Torkham and 13% 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

19

102

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 (45%)- Nangarhar (23%)- Kabul (9%)- Kunduz (4%)- Hilmand (4%)

The largest propor�on of returnsare from:- Balochistan (60%)- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (24%)- Sindh (11%)- Punjab (5%)

25148

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

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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, 95% of Undocumented Afghan returnees from this week reported living in rented houses, 4% in ‘Camps’ whereas the remaining 1% reported living in ‘Closed Camps’. There are differences at the provincial level where for exam-ple in Sindh and Punjab 100%, in KP 96% and Balochistan 93% of Undocumented Afghan return-ees reported living in ‘rented houses’.

In Balochistan, 7% of the Undoc-umented Afghan returnees reported living in ‘Camps’ compared to 2% in KP and none in Sindh and Punjab.

Rented House 95%

96%

100%

20%

20%20%

Living in closed camp

100%

93%

100%

1%

4%

100%

Living in a camp

2%

7%

2%