Voluntary repatriation to Afghanistan-2015 : key findings of UNHCR return monitoring, 01 January-31 December 2015 / UNHCR.

Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: [Place of publication not identified] : UNHCR, 2015.Description: 14 pages : color illustration ; 30 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:
  • Pamphlet HV555. A3.
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Contents:
Contents: Executive summary—Methodology—1. A snapshot of encashment center monitoring findings—2. Overall situation one month after return (first phone interview findings)—3. Second phase of returnee tracking through physical “home visits”—4. Last phase of returnee tracking through-exit phone interview.
Summary: Summary: “Since 2002, nearly 5.8 million Afghan refugees have voluntarily returned to Afghanistan, supported by UNHCR’s largest ever assisted repatriation exercise. While 2015 trends were far below those of the peak years between 2002 and 2008, the 58,460 Afghan refugees who returned last year marked a significant increase in voluntary repatriation compared with 2014, when only 16,995 refugees opted to return. The increase in 2015 voluntary repatriation trends is largely attributed to an increase in push factors, primarily in Pakistan, following the Peshawar primary school massacre in December 2014…”—(page 1).
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Monograph Monograph Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University Pamphlet HV555.A3.V658 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3ACKU000502483
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Cover title.
“UNHCR Afghanistan”—at head of title.
“UNHCR ; The UN Refugee Agency”—at head of title.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: Executive summary—Methodology—1. A snapshot of encashment center monitoring findings—2. Overall situation one month after return (first phone interview findings)—3. Second phase of returnee tracking through physical “home visits”—4. Last phase of returnee tracking through-exit phone interview.

Summary: “Since 2002, nearly 5.8 million Afghan refugees have voluntarily returned to Afghanistan, supported by UNHCR’s largest ever assisted repatriation exercise. While 2015 trends were far below those of the peak years between 2002 and 2008, the 58,460 Afghan refugees who returned last year marked a significant increase in voluntary repatriation compared with 2014, when only 16,995 refugees opted to return. The increase in 2015 voluntary repatriation trends is largely attributed to an increase in push factors, primarily in Pakistan, following the Peshawar primary school massacre in December 2014…”—(page 1).

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