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* People in refugee-like situation refers to a category which is descriptive in nature and includes groups of people who are outside their country or territory of origin and who face protection risks similar to those of refugees, but for whom refugee status has, for practical or other reasons, not been ascertained.

Location name | Source | Data date | Population | |
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Iran (Islamic Republic of) | Various | 31 Dec 2024 | 66.1% | 3,477,100 |
Pakistan (Islamic Republic of) | Various | 31 Dec 2024 | 33.4% | 1,758,600 |
Tajikistan | UNHCR, Various | 30 Jun 2025 | 0.3% | 13,575 |
Turkmenistan | Various | 30 Jun 2025 | 0.1% | 3,309 |
Uzbekistan | Various | 30 Jun 2025 | 0.2% | 8,005 |
Total returns is an umbrella term that includes all returns including deportations, assisted Voluntary Repatriation (VolRep) and other returns of Afghans of all statuses such as PoR cardholders, ACC holders, Amayesh card holders, Headcount Slipholders and the undocumented, excluding passport/visa holders.
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Monthly Protection Update -July 2025
DocumentCreate date: 28 August 2025 (18 hours ago)
Climate Impacts, Return and Displacement in Afghanistan
DocumentCreate date: 28 August 2025 (19 hours ago)
Rebuilding lives: How return duration shapes income generation and reintegration dynamics for Afghan returnees - 2-pager summary
DocumentCreate date: 26 August 2025 (2 days ago)
UNHCR Afghanistan - Complaints and Feedback Mechanism - Quarterly Report 1st April to 30th June 2025
DocumentCreate date: 26 August 2025 (2 days ago)
Rebuilding lives: How return duration shapes income generation and reintegration dynamics for Afghan returnees
DocumentCreate date: 26 August 2025 (2 days ago)
Afghanistan: Operational Update - March 2025
DocumentCreate date: 1 May 2025 (3 months ago)
Afghanistan: Operational Update - February 2025
DocumentCreate date: 3 April 2025 (4 months ago)
Afghanistan: Operational Update - January 2025
DocumentCreate date: 27 February 2025 (6 months ago)
UNHCR Afghanistan Delivery Summary January 2025
DocumentCreate date: 18 February 2025 (6 months ago)
Afghanistan: Operational Update - December 2024
DocumentCreate date: 5 February 2025 (6 months ago)
UNHCR Afghanistan - Operational Update as of June 2025
DocumentCreate date: 31 July 2025 (28 days ago)
Afghanistan: Operational Update - March 2025
DocumentCreate date: 1 May 2025 (3 months ago)
Afghanistan: Operational Update - February 2025
DocumentCreate date: 3 April 2025 (4 months ago)
Afghanistan: Operational Update - January 2025
DocumentCreate date: 27 February 2025 (6 months ago)
Afghanistan: Operational Update - December 2024
DocumentCreate date: 5 February 2025 (6 months ago)
Pakistan-Afghanistan - Returns Emergency Response #40
DocumentCreate date: 22 August 2025 (6 days ago)
Iran-Afghanistan - Returns Emergency Response #18
DocumentCreate date: 22 August 2025 (6 days ago)
Iran-Afghanistan - Returns Emergency Response #17
DocumentCreate date: 14 August 2025 (14 days ago)
Pakistan-Afghanistan - Returns Emergency Response #39
DocumentCreate date: 7 August 2025 (21 days ago)
Iran-Afghanistan - Returns Emergency Response #16
DocumentCreate date: 7 August 2025 (21 days ago)
Pakistan-Afghanistan - Returns Emergency Response #40
DocumentCreate date: 22 August 2025 (6 days ago)
Iran-Afghanistan - Returns Emergency Response #18
DocumentCreate date: 22 August 2025 (6 days ago)
Iran-Afghanistan - Returns Emergency Response #17
DocumentCreate date: 14 August 2025 (14 days ago)
Climate Impacts, Return and Displacement in Afghanistan
DocumentCreate date: 28 August 2025 (19 hours ago)
Rebuilding lives: How return duration shapes income generation and reintegration dynamics for Afghan returnees - 2-pager summary
DocumentCreate date: 26 August 2025 (2 days ago)
Regional Refugee Response Plan for Afghanistan Situation: Annual Report 2024
DocumentCreate date: 20 August 2025 (8 days ago)
Protection and Solutions Strategy UNHCR Afghanistan 2025 - 2027
DocumentCreate date: 17 October 2024 (10 months ago)
UNHCR Iran: The Support Platform for the Solutions Strategy for Afghan Refugees
DocumentCreate date: 25 February 2021 (4 years ago)
SSAR Support Platform document - A Partnership for Solidarity and Resilience
DocumentCreate date: 24 June 2020 (5 years ago)
Chairperson’s Summary of the Islamabad Refugee Summit
DocumentCreate date: 21 April 2020 (5 years ago)
SSAR Support Platform – Concept Note
DocumentCreate date: 21 April 2020 (5 years ago)
Afghanistan Situation Funding Update
DocumentCreate date: 15 April 2020 (5 years ago)
UNHCR Afghanistan - Complaints and Feedback Mechanism - Quarterly Report 1st April to 30th June 2025
DocumentCreate date: 26 August 2025 (2 days ago)
UNHCR Afghanistan - Complaints and Feedback Mechanism - Quarterly Report 1st January to 31st March 2025
DocumentCreate date: 26 August 2025 (2 days ago)
Climate Impacts, Return and Displacement in Afghanistan
DocumentCreate date: 28 August 2025 (19 hours ago)
UNHCR Afghanistan - Operational Update as of June 2025
DocumentCreate date: 31 July 2025 (28 days ago)
UNHCR Afghanistan - Border Monitoring Report January - May 2025
DocumentCreate date: 24 June 2025 (2 months ago)
Afghanistan Situation: Afghan Returns from Iran and Pakistan Emergency Update #6
DocumentCreate date: 22 August 2025 (6 days ago)
Pakistan-Afghanistan - Returns Emergency Response #40
DocumentCreate date: 22 August 2025 (6 days ago)
Iran-Afghanistan - Returns Emergency Response #18
DocumentCreate date: 22 August 2025 (6 days ago)
Iran-Afghanistan - Returns Emergency Response #17
DocumentCreate date: 14 August 2025 (14 days ago)
UNHCR Afghanistan Situation: Afghan Returns Emergency Update #5
DocumentCreate date: 18 August 2025 (10 days ago)
Education Away from Home - The Islamic Republic of Iran (Education Brief - 2024)
DocumentCreate date: 22 April 2025 (4 months ago)
Education Away from Home - The Islamic Republic of Iran (Education Brief - November 2023)
DocumentCreate date: 1 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Asia and the Pacific Regional Trends - Forced Displacement and Statelessness 2022
DocumentCreate date: 4 July 2023 (2 years ago)
UNHCR 2022 Multi Sectorial Rapid Assessments - Analysis
DocumentCreate date: 17 May 2023 (2 years ago)
UNHCR RBAP 2022 Cash-Based Interventions in the Region
DocumentCreate date: 19 April 2023 (2 years ago)
PRIORITY AREAS OF RETURN AND REINTEGRATION IN 2025
DocumentCreate date: 24 July 2025 (1 month ago)
Priority Areas of Return and Reintegration in Afghanistan in 2025
DocumentCreate date: 24 July 2025 (1 month ago)
Afghanistan - Infrastructure and Basic Services Availability in Priority Areas of Return and Reintegration (PARRs) 2025
DocumentCreate date: 2 June 2025 (2 months ago)
UNHCR Representation to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan - subregional map
DocumentCreate date: 1 August 2023 (2 years ago)
Afghanistan: UNHCR Area of Responsibility Map 2022
DocumentCreate date: 1 February 2022 (3 years ago)
Monthly Protection Update -July 2025
DocumentCreate date: 28 August 2025 (18 hours ago)
UNHCR Afghanistan - Complaints and Feedback Mechanism - Quarterly Report 1st April to 30th June 2025
DocumentCreate date: 26 August 2025 (2 days ago)
UNHCR Afghanistan - Complaints and Feedback Mechanism - Quarterly Report 1st January to 31st March 2025
DocumentCreate date: 26 August 2025 (2 days ago)
Afghan Returns | Weekly Update 17 August – 23 August 2025
DocumentCreate date: 24 August 2025 (4 days ago)
Afghan Returns | Weekly Update 10 August – 16 August 2025
DocumentCreate date: 19 August 2025 (9 days ago)
Education Away from Home - The Islamic Republic of Iran (Education Brief - 2024)
DocumentCreate date: 22 April 2025 (4 months ago)
Education Away from Home - The Islamic Republic of Iran (Education Brief - November 2023)
DocumentCreate date: 1 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Regional Refugee Response Plan for Afghanistan Situation 2024-2025 - Mid-Term Update 2025
DocumentCreate date: 19 February 2025 (6 months ago)
Afghanistan Situation Regional Refugee Response Plan - 2024 Mid-year report
DocumentCreate date: 17 October 2024 (10 months ago)
Afghanistan Situation Regional RRP 2023 Final Report
DocumentCreate date: 26 June 2024 (1 year ago)
Afghanistan Protection Brief - August 2024
DocumentCreate date: 1 September 2024 (11 months ago)
Iran and Pakistan are among the world’s major refugee-hosting countries, hosting 3.47 million and 1.75 million Afghan refugees respectively, despite facing their own challenges. Since 2023, a shift in displacement trends has been taking place that has seen mass returns, including large numbers of forced and coerced returns, back to Afghanistan. On 7 March 2025, the Government of Pakistan announced the resumption of the 'Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan', initially targeting Afghan Citizenship Card (ACC) holders, who were instructed to leave voluntarily by 31 March or face deportation from 1 April. On 31 July, the Government expanded the plan to also include Afghan refugees holding Proof of Registration (PoR) cards. In parallel, following Headcount slip expiry on 20 March 2025, the Government of Iran launched a regularization/return scheme for some two million affected Afghans where the majority were expected to return to Afghanistan by the Government deadline of 6 July 2025 or face deportation. These mass returns in adverse circumstances have strained Afghanistan’s already overstretched resources and services and hindered reintegration efforts, leading to risks of onward and new displacement, including return movements back into Pakistan and Iran and onward. UNHCR reiterates its concern that many Afghans – regardless of status – face serious protection risks in Afghanistan due to the current human rights situation, especially women and girls. These risks are made more urgent by critical funding shortfalls, with only 24% of the required $478 million secured for the Afghanistan situation. This page provides updates on UNHCR's work in support of Afghan IDPs, refugees, and returnees. Links are also provided below for individual UNHCR country operation pages for additional information.
Date of Funding Data | 30 June 2025 (1 month ago) |
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Regional Refugee Response Plan for Afghanistan Situation: Annual Report 2024
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Community Based Protection Monitoring - 2024
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Published: 18 March 2025
Rapid Household Assessments 2024 January-June
Afghanistan, 2024 MicroData View details | Get MicrodataAuthoring Entity: UNHCR
Published: 06 December 2024
Community Based Protection Monitoring 2024 January-June
Afghanistan, 2024 MicroData View details | Get MicrodataAuthoring Entity: UNHCR
Published: 06 December 2024
Rapid Household Assessments - 2024
Afghanistan, 2024 MicroData View details | Get MicrodataAuthoring Entity: UNHCR
Published: 18 March 2025
Community Based Protection Monitoring 2024 October - December
Afghanistan, 2024 MicroData View details | Get MicrodataAuthoring Entity: UNHCR
Published: 18 March 2025