Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Country: Afghanistan, Pakistan
Update on assisted voluntary repatriation to Afghanistan
33,733 refugee returnees arrived at UNHCR’s Encashment Centres in Jalalabad, Kandahar and Kabul from the beginning of return operation on 4 April until 30 June 2017
Refugees have been assisted to return in 2017, with an overwhelming majority from Pakistan (33,325) and smaller numbers from Iran (319) and other countries (89).
About 58% of refugee returnees are under 18 years old. Among them, more than 11,000 children are in schooling age.