Return from Pakistan:
From 6 – 12 November 2016, a total of 7,628 undocumented Afghans spontaneously returned or were deported from Pakistan through Nangarhar and Kandahar Province’s Torkham and Spin Boldak border crossing points according to the Border Monitoring Team of the Directorate of Refugees and Repatriation (DoRR). 7,539 were spontaneous returnees in family groups and 89 were deported individuals only from Torkham. This brings the total number of Afghan undocumented returnees from Pakistan to 227,510 in 2016.The total this week represents a 30% decrease from last week whereas deportation increased by 55%.
During the reporting period, IOM assisted 2,058 (27%) of all undocumented Afghans returnees through the Torkham crossing with post-arrival humanitarian assistance including meals and accommodation at the IOM Transit Center, NFIs for families, special assistance to Persons with Specific Needs (PSNs), a one-month food ration from WFP and family and hygiene kits from UNICEF and dignity kits from UNFPA.
Return from Iran:
During the same period a total of 9,338 undocumented Afghans spontaneously returned or were deported from Iran through Herat and Nimroz Province’s Islam Qala and Milak border crossing points according to the Border Monitoring Team of the Directorate of Refugees and Repatriation (DoRR). This represents an 2.6% decrease in the return from Iran in comparison with last week. Out of the total returnees 136 (3%) were spontaneous families and 5,417 (97%) were individuals. Similarly out of the total deportees 204 (5%) were in families whereas 3,581 (95%) were individuals. This brings the total of undocumented returnees in 2016 to 390,568 from Iran.
IOM provided post-arrival humanitarian assistance to 245 (2.6 %) undocumented Afghans through Islam Qala and Milak border crossing points at the IOM transit centers in Herat and Nimroz Provinces. As per the continued observation of the Border Monitoring Team of the DoRR, about 10% of the Undocumented Afghans returning spontaneously or forcefully from Iran are in need of humanitarian assistance.