HIGHLIGHTS
GoP repatriation program returns nearly 190,000 families to FATA
Nearly 155,000 Afghan refugees depart Pakistan in 2016
USAID/FFP provides additional $8 million for food assistance
KEY DEVELOPMENTS
As of September 30, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that nearly 190,000 families had returned to Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) as part of a Government of Pakistan (GoP) repatriation program that began in March 2015. OCHA estimates that 62 percent of registered displaced households returned to FATA during the preceding 18 months.
Nearly 155,000 Afghan refugees returned to Afghanistan from Pakistan between January and September 2016, with return rates increasing since July, according to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
In FY 2016, the U.S. Government (USG) provided approximately $84.6 million to respond to the complex emergency in Pakistan. USAID/OFDA provided more than $11.2 million, including $6 million for Responding to Pakistan’s Internally Displaced (RAPID)—a response fund used countrywide to assist conflict- and disaster-affected populations. USAID/FFP provided more than $44.3 million for food assistance in Pakistan, while State/PRM provided $29.1 million to support protection programs for conflicted-affected Pakistanis.