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UNHCR Urges Plan For Afghan Refugees Repatriation
APRIL 15TH, 2015 NATIONAL, SLIDER
By Arif Hayat
PESHAWAR: United nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR), regional head Jacques Franquin, has said that 15,000 Afghan refugees have returned to Afghanistan during the current year, majority of whom repatriated fearing arrests.
Speaking to media at a local hotel in Peshawar the other day, the UNHCR regional chief said that his organization was making efforts to facilitate the repatriation process. He added that UNHCR wanted the refugees return to Afghanistan willingly before December 2015, the final deadline set by the government of Pakistan.
He maintained that out of 15,000 refugees, 41 percent repatriated fearing arrests following the government’s drive against illegal Afghan immigrants as 700 of them were picked up without any proper warrants. Franquin asserted that according to a 1997 legal document of UNHCR, the refugees have the right of free movement in the country of immigration.
According to the UNHCR refugees’ repatriation fact sheet, 10,777 Afghan refugees returned to Afghanistan during the month of March. Among them 1,811 Afghans returned from camps while 8,966 individuals from host communities.
He said, in Kohat the district administration have banned the Afghan refugees from crossing the Kohat tunnel to visit the southern district of the province. Similarly, in Kashmir, he maintained, the Afghan refugees have been forcefully limited to their camps.
He said that UNHCR wanted the Afghan refugees to leave for Afghanistan before the lapse of the deadline set by the government of Pakistan. He also urged the governments of both Afghanistan and Pakistan to make a viable roadmap for the repatriation of refugees.
Jacques Franquin, said that UNHCR had been supporting Afghan refugees since 1980. He added that UNHCR has been working with National Database of Registration Authority to register the refugees.
Jacques Franquin urged the government to show some flexibility in the repatriation process of refugees. He added that after 35 long years, it was high time for both Afghanistan and Pakistan to find a permanent settlement to the issue of refugees.
According to the UNHCR, 512,585 Afghan refugees have been residing in host communities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA while 452,716 individuals are accommodated in refugee villages. Divulging the details on refugees, he said that most populated refugees camps are located in Badhber, old Shamshatoo (Peshawar), Barakai (Swabi), Gamkol (Kohat), old Akora (Nowshera), and Panian (Haripur).
UNHCR Urges Plan For Afghan Refugees Repatriation | Daily Capital
APRIL 15TH, 2015 NATIONAL, SLIDER
By Arif Hayat
PESHAWAR: United nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR), regional head Jacques Franquin, has said that 15,000 Afghan refugees have returned to Afghanistan during the current year, majority of whom repatriated fearing arrests.
Speaking to media at a local hotel in Peshawar the other day, the UNHCR regional chief said that his organization was making efforts to facilitate the repatriation process. He added that UNHCR wanted the refugees return to Afghanistan willingly before December 2015, the final deadline set by the government of Pakistan.
He maintained that out of 15,000 refugees, 41 percent repatriated fearing arrests following the government’s drive against illegal Afghan immigrants as 700 of them were picked up without any proper warrants. Franquin asserted that according to a 1997 legal document of UNHCR, the refugees have the right of free movement in the country of immigration.
According to the UNHCR refugees’ repatriation fact sheet, 10,777 Afghan refugees returned to Afghanistan during the month of March. Among them 1,811 Afghans returned from camps while 8,966 individuals from host communities.
He said, in Kohat the district administration have banned the Afghan refugees from crossing the Kohat tunnel to visit the southern district of the province. Similarly, in Kashmir, he maintained, the Afghan refugees have been forcefully limited to their camps.
He said that UNHCR wanted the Afghan refugees to leave for Afghanistan before the lapse of the deadline set by the government of Pakistan. He also urged the governments of both Afghanistan and Pakistan to make a viable roadmap for the repatriation of refugees.
Jacques Franquin, said that UNHCR had been supporting Afghan refugees since 1980. He added that UNHCR has been working with National Database of Registration Authority to register the refugees.
Jacques Franquin urged the government to show some flexibility in the repatriation process of refugees. He added that after 35 long years, it was high time for both Afghanistan and Pakistan to find a permanent settlement to the issue of refugees.
According to the UNHCR, 512,585 Afghan refugees have been residing in host communities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA while 452,716 individuals are accommodated in refugee villages. Divulging the details on refugees, he said that most populated refugees camps are located in Badhber, old Shamshatoo (Peshawar), Barakai (Swabi), Gamkol (Kohat), old Akora (Nowshera), and Panian (Haripur).
UNHCR Urges Plan For Afghan Refugees Repatriation | Daily Capital
