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On 3 October 2023, Pakistan’s national Apex Committee endorsed a plan to repatriate over a million foreigners without valid documents, largely Afghans, requiring them to leave the country by 1 November.
Since 15 September, over 722,000 Afghans have returned to Afghanistan. In 2024, returns reached its peak in May-June (38,000 returns each). Returns have decreased since then with 10,500 so far in September. Arrests and detention in Pakistan have followed the same pattern and has been decreasing since June, in August over 500 were arrested or detained.
In 2024, over 5,400 individuals have been deported. The month with the highest deportations in 2024 was May (1,300), in August over 600 have been deported, and in September over 270 so far.
UNHCR has assisted close to 110,000 returnees.