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IDP Return Intention Survey Bara Tehsil/Khyber Agency December 2014

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As part of the returns planning matrix, the protection cluster was asked by the Return Task Force (RTF) on 17 December 2014, to conduct a Return Intention Survey (RIS) among the 5 tribes of the de - notified areas of Shalobar, Aka Khel,
Kamar Khel, Malik Din Khel and Sto ri Khel in the Bara Tehsil (Kajhoori Plain) of Khyber Agency.
Responding to this request, and in line with the Return Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) endorsed by the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) in February 2012, but also in accordance with the “Return Policy Framework for IDP from FATA” signed by FDM A in 2010 (Annex A) , the Protection Cluster and its members agreed to conduct a series of consultations with the displaced population to capture their intentions and position vis - à - vis the announced return process.
It should be understood that the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement are clear on a government’s responsibility to respond to the needs of IDPs during displacement and in displacement until attaining durable solutions, including sustainable returns. However, a government may request assi stance from the humanitarian community to assist and facilitate returns.
From 22 – 26 December 2014 , enumerators from protection cluster members IOM - HComms , IVAP,
BEST, EHSAR, PADO, PVDP and BPDO , interviewed 2217 IDPs in Peshawar, Nowshera, Kohat and Ja lozai camp.