TY - BOOK TI - Voluntary repatriation to Afghanistan-2015 : : key findings of UNHCR return monitoring, 01 January-31 December 2015 / AV - Pamphlet HV555. A3. PY - 2015/// CY - [Place of publication not identified] : PB - UNHCR, KW - Humanitarian assistance KW - Afghanistan KW - Economic assistance KW - Refugees KW - Return migration KW - Afghanistan KW - Emigration and immigration N1 - Cover title. “UNHCR Afghanistan”—at head of title. “UNHCR ; The UN Refugee Agency”—at head of title ; 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 N2 - 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) UR - https://doi.org/10.29171/azu_acku_pamphlet_hv555_a3_v658_2015 ER -