Highlights
687194 total returns from Iran and Pakistan since 01 Jan 2018
658,590 total returns from Iran since 01 Jan 2018
28,604 total returns from Pakistan since 01 Jan 2018
12,402 undocumented Afghans returned from Iran
680 undocumented Afghans returned from Pakistan
4% of returnees from Iran (517 individuals) assisted
83% of returnees from Pakistan (561 individuals) assisted
Return from Iran
A total of 12,402 undocumented Afghans spontaneously returned or were deported from Iran through the Milak (Nimroz) and Herat (Islam Qala) border crossings between 28 Oct—3 Nov 2018, 22% less than in the previous week (15,905). This brings the total number of undocumented returnees from Iran since 01 January 2018 to 658,590.
IOM provided post-arrival humanitarian assistance to 517 (4%) undocumented Afghans deported from Iran at its Transit Centers in Nimroz and Herat, including 59 Unaccompanied Migrant Children (UMC), 43 Medical Cases (MC), 72 members of Single Parent Families (SP), 1 Single Females (SF), 7 Physically Disabled (PD), 34 Special Cases (SC), 16 member of Poor Families (PF), 4 Drug Addicted (DA) and 6 Unaccompanied Elderly (UE).