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HIGHLIGHTS

• The registration of new arrivals and provision of humanitarian assistance continue in Jalozai camp, with priority being given to the most vulnerable.

• Efforts are underway to increase assistance to IDPs living outside Jalozai camp.

• Humanitarian partners are conducting a campaign to encourage parents and community leaders to send their children to school during their displacement.

Humanitarian response to IDP influx in KP

Security operations have displaced over 200,000 since January

Humanitarian partners are assisting internally displaced people (IDPs) who continue to arrive at Jalozai camp in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). Ongoing security operations by the Government of Pakistan against non-state armed groups in Khyber Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) have caused the displacements.

As of 7 April, UNHCR had registered 206,568 people displaced since January, some 29 per cent of whom are living in Jalozai camp. The influx of IDPs to Jalozai intensified sharply in March due to increased security operations, and more arrivals are expected in the coming weeks. UNHCR streamlined registration processes and capacity and developed new listing and registration areas to handle a near tenfold increase in new arrivals, which began on 17 March, thus registering up to 15,000 individuals a day. Registration of new arrivals and provision of food, shelter, water, health, nutrition, protection and education services continue in Jalozai, with priority being given to the most vulnerable. According to the Government, displacement may last for up to six months.