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Refugee returnees to Afghanistan in 2019 by province

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Refugee Returnees by country of asylum JSON  .CSV 
Country of origin Source Data date Population
Pakistan UNHCR 14 Sep 2019
  72.4% 		3,949
Iran (Islamic Rep. of) UNHCR 14 Sep 2019
  26.4% 		1,438
Others UNHCR 14 Sep 2019
  1.2% 		66


Refugee Returnees demographic breakdown JSON 
Location name Source Data date Population
Badakhshan UNHCR, Government 14 Sep 2019
  0.1% 		7
Badghis UNHCR, Government 14 Sep 2019
  0.1% 		4
Baghlan UNHCR, Government 14 Sep 2019
  3.5% 		192
Balkh UNHCR, Government 14 Sep 2019
  4.7% 		258
Bamyan UNHCR, Government 14 Sep 2019
  1.1% 		62
Daykundi UNHCR, Government 14 Sep 2019
  0.4% 		21
Farah UNHCR, Government 14 Sep 2019
  0.5% 		26
Faryab UNHCR, Government 14 Sep 2019
  1.2% 		63
Ghazni UNHCR, Government 14 Sep 2019
  1.5% 		80
Ghor UNHCR, Government 14 Sep 2019
  0.0% 		1
Helmand UNHCR, Government 14 Sep 2019
  1.7% 		90
Herat UNHCR, Government 14 Sep 2019
  9.9% 		537
Jowzjan UNHCR, Government 14 Sep 2019
  4.1% 		221
Kabul UNHCR, Government 14 Sep 2019
  22.6% 		1,229
Kandahar UNHCR, Government 14 Sep 2019
  2.9% 		156
Kapisa UNHCR, Government 14 Sep 2019
  0.2% 		11
Khost UNHCR, Government 14 Sep 2019
  1.1% 		61
Kunar UNHCR, Government 14 Sep 2019
  0.6% 		35
Kunduz UNHCR, Government 14 Sep 2019
  6.0% 		328
Laghman UNHCR, Government 14 Sep 2019
  2.0% 		109
Logar UNHCR, Government 14 Sep 2019
  3.5% 		193
Maidan Wardak UNHCR, Government 14 Sep 2019
  0.5% 		25
Nangarhar UNHCR, Government 14 Sep 2019
  13.0% 		708
Nimruz UNHCR, Government 14 Sep 2019
  0.0% 		1
Nuristan UNHCR, Government 14 Sep 2019
  0.0% 		2
Paktia UNHCR, Government 14 Sep 2019
  2.6% 		141
Paktika UNHCR, Government 14 Sep 2019
  0.1% 		5
Panjshir UNHCR, Government 14 Sep 2019
  0.1% 		3
Parwan UNHCR, Government 14 Sep 2019
  1.2% 		65
Samangan UNHCR, Government 14 Sep 2019
  0.3% 		16
Sar-e Pol UNHCR, Government 14 Sep 2019
  11.9% 		649
Takhar UNHCR, Government 14 Sep 2019
  1.2% 		68
Urozgan UNHCR, Government 14 Sep 2019
  0.1% 		4
Zabul UNHCR, Government 14 Sep 2019
  1.3% 		72

Refugees demographic breakdown JSON 
Location name Source Data date Population
Khost UNHCR 14 Sep 2019
  50.1% 		36,116
Paktika UNHCR 14 Sep 2019
  49.9% 		35,949

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      Highlights
    UNHCR Afghanistan has released a map of Who is doing What and Where in the provinces of Khost and Paktika. Check it out here: https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/details/64160
    21 Jun 2018
    Afghanistan Protection Cluster has released its national Factheet for May! Check it out here: https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/details/64119
    20 Jun 2018
    UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the World Bank signed a data sharing agreement. This will strengthen existing data collection processes and enhance technical capacity for a comprehensive analysis of the return process and how best to support the reintegration of returnees over time.
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    Refugee Returnees to Afghanistan in 2019 JSON 
    5,443
    Last updated 14 Sep 2019
    Source - UNHCR, Government 
    Refugees in Afghanistan in 2018 JSON 
    72,065
    Last updated 14 Sep 2019
    Source - UNHCR 
    New IDPs in Afghanistan in 2019 JSON  .CSV 
    223,496
    Last updated 14 Sep 2019
    Source - OCHA 
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    Total appeal
    Date of Funding Data 15 August 2019 (1 month ago)
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    IDPs in Afghanistan by year JSON 
    Key contact information

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    Donor Relations pererasu@unhcr.org
    Media farhadn@unhcr.org
    Data faqiry@unhcr.org
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    Afghanistan Shelter Cluster
    Global Shelter Cluster Afghanistan page
    Global Protection Cluster | Afghanistan
    The Global Protection Cluster coordinates and provides global level inter-agency policy advice and guidance on the implementation of the cluster approach to Protection Clusters in the field, supports protection responses in non-refugee situation humanitarian action as well as leads standard and policy setting relating to protection in complex and natural disaster humanitarian emergencies, in particular with regard to the protection of internally displaced persons.
    HDX | OCHA Afghanistan
    OCHA Afghanistan on HDX
    HDX | UNHCR Afghanistan
    UNHCR Afghanistan on HDX
    HR.info – Afghanistan Protection Cluster page
    humanitarianresponse.info
    One UN for Afghanistan
    One UN for Afghanistan page
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