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AFGHANISTAN ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN Laghman Kabul Jawzjan Balkh Nangarhar Samangan Parwan Badghis Daykundi Farah Uruzgan Zabul Hirat Nimroz Kunar Kandahar Hilmand Paktika Kunduz Takhar Ghazni Ghor Kapisa Nuristan Badakhshan Bamyan Baghlan Sar-e-Pul Wardak Paktya Panjsher Khost Logar Faryab Ardabil South Khorasan Fars Bushehr Khuzestan Hormozgan Semnan Kerman Razavi Khorasan Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Alborz Lorestan Qom Qazvin Markazi Yaz d Ilam East Azerbaijan Gilan Mazandaran Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Zanjan West Azerbaijan Isfahan Kermanshah Kurdistan Golestan Hamadan Tehran North Khorasan Sistan and Baluchestan 1 10 100 1 10 100 Intended return location in Afghanistan Voluntary repatriated from Iran Repatriated by province 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 Individuals Document problems of family member Study in COO To get married in COO Others Family member departed/living in COO Live in COO for the rest of my life Attain Student Visa for studying in Iran Financial problem in Iran 947 refugees repatriated in 2020 29 % are students 17 persons have specific needs 49% are women 40% 30% 15% 7% 4.5% 2.7% 0.5% 0.3% 2019 2020 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 DEC NOV OCT SEP AUG JUL JUN MAY APR MAR FEB JAN DEC NOV OCT SEP AUG JUL JUN MAY APR MAR FEB JAN 0 5000 10000 15000 20000 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Total voluntary repatriated Students 2,846 4,456 8,185 15,006 18,667 2,298 1,197 1,972 1,952 947 Reason of return to Afghanistan (% of individuals) Trend over the years (2011 - 2020) Monthly trend (2019 and 2020) UNHCR facilitates voluntary repatriation for Afghan refugees who wish to return to their home country, once it is established that their return is voluntary, safe, dignifed and durable. Since 2002, UNHCR Iran has supported nearly 1 million refugees to return to Afghanistan. However, as the situation in Afghanistan remains fragile, only a small number of Afghan refugees in the Islamic Republic of Iran have shown willingness and ability to return to their home country. For as long as they have to remain in Iran, UNHCR supports the host government in providing Afghans with health, education and livelihoods opportunities. Individuals who are healthy, educated and have marketable-skills are typically more likely to return to their country of origin and feel capable of rebuilding their lives. Nonetheless, ultimately, a longer-term, political solution for Afghanistan’s protracted crisis is the only way to ensure safe, sustainable and voluntarily return of refugees. In March 2020, UNHCR suspended its VolRep activities as a preventive measure to reduce exposure of refugees, host communities and staff to COVID-19. In May, UNHCR partially resumed VolRep activities from its Field Unit in Dogharoun, in keeping with health and security measures, to assist refugees who have opted to return to Afghanistan. UNHCR facilitates the return of Afghan students from Iran to Afghanistan to obtain student visas to pursue their studies back in their country of asylum. UNHCR helps returnees with specific needs including unaccompanied or separated children and elderly persons. Students excluded, the age distribution for men and women combined: 60+ 18-59 0-17 32% 59% 0.09% VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION TRENDS POPULATION PROFILE VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION BY PROVINCE IN IRAN & INTENDED AREA OF RETURN IN AFGHANISTAN Sources: UNHCR Iran. Updated: 10 Jan 2021. Contact: Patricia Delis-Gomez, Protection Officer, [email protected]; Farha Bhoyroo, Communications Officer, [email protected]. IRAN AFGHAN VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION - JAN TO DEC 2020 as of 31 December 2020

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AFGHANISTAN

ISLAMICREPUBLICOF IRAN

LaghmanKabul

Jawzjan Balkh

Nangarhar

Samangan

ParwanBadghis

Daykundi

Farah

Uruzgan

Zabul

Hirat

Nimroz

Kunar

Kandahar

Hilmand

Paktika

KunduzTakhar

Ghazni

Ghor

KapisaNuristan

Badakhshan

BamyanBaghlan

Sar-e-Pul

WardakPaktya

Panjsher

Khost

Logar

Faryab

Ardabil

SouthKhorasan

FarsBushehr

Khuzestan

Hormozgan

Semnan

Kerman

RazaviKhorasan

Chaharmahaland Bakhtiari

Alborz

Lorestan

Qom

Qazvin

Markazi

Yazd

Ilam

EastAzerbaijan

Gilan

Mazandaran

Kohgiluyeh andBoyer-Ahmad

Zanjan

WestAzerbaijan

IsfahanKermanshah

Kurdistan

Golestan

Hamadan

Tehran

NorthKhorasan

Sistan andBaluchestan

1

10

100

1

10

100

Intended return locationin Afghanistan

Voluntary repatriatedfrom Iran

Repatriated by province

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400IndividualsDocument problems of family member

Study in COOTo get married in COO

OthersFamily member departed/living in COO

Live in COO for the rest of my lifeAttain Student Visa for studying in Iran

Financial problem in Iran

947 refugeesrepatriatedin 2020

29 %are students

17 persons have specific needs

49%are women

40%

30%

15%

7%

4.5%

2.7%

0.5%

0.3%

2019 2020

050

100150200250300350

DECNOVOCTSEPAUGJULJUNMAYAPRMARFEBJANDECNOVOCTSEPAUGJULJUNMAYAPRMARFEBJAN

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

2020201920182017201620152014201320122011

Total voluntary repatriatedStudents

2,8464,456

8,185

15,006

18,667

2,298 1,197 1,972 1,952 947

Reason of return to Afghanistan (% of individuals)

Trend over the years (2011 - 2020)

Monthly trend (2019 and 2020)

UNHCR facilitates voluntary repatriation for Afghan refugees who wish to return to their home country, once it is established that their return is voluntary, safe, dignifed and durable. Since 2002, UNHCR Iran has supported nearly 1 million refugees to return to Afghanistan. However, as the situation in Afghanistan remains fragile, only a small number of Afghan refugees in the Islamic Republic of Iran have shown willingness and ability to return to their home country. For as long as they have to remain in Iran, UNHCR supports the host government in providing Afghans with health, education and livelihoods opportunities. Individuals who are healthy, educated and have marketable-skills are typically more likely to return to their country of origin and feel capable of rebuilding their lives. Nonetheless, ultimately, a longer-term, political solution for Afghanistan’s protracted crisis is the only way to ensure safe, sustainable and voluntarily return of refugees.

In March 2020, UNHCR suspended its VolRep activities as a preventive measure to reduce exposure of refugees, host communities and staff to COVID-19. In May, UNHCR partially resumed VolRep activities from its Field Unit in Dogharoun, in keeping with health and security measures, to assist refugees who have opted to return to Afghanistan.

UNHCR facilitates the return of Afghan students from Iran to Afghanistan to obtain student visas to pursue their studies back in their country of asylum.

UNHCR helps returnees with specific needs including unaccompanied or separated children and elderly persons.

Students excluded, the age distribution for men and women combined:

60+18-59

0-17 32%59%

0.09%

VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION TRENDS

POPULATION PROFILE

VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION BY PROVINCE IN IRAN & INTENDED AREA OF RETURN IN AFGHANISTAN

Sources: UNHCR Iran. Updated: 10 Jan 2021. Contact: Patricia Delis-Gomez, Protection Officer, [email protected]; Farha Bhoyroo, Communications Officer, [email protected].

IRAN AFGHAN VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION - JAN TO DEC 2020as of 31 December 2020