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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) warned on Friday that humanitarian needs in Afghanistan are escalating rapidly as over 1.4 million people, mostly returnees from Iran and Pakistan, have entered the country in 2025 alone. According to UNHCR’s Afghanistan Representative Arafat Jamal, the scale and speed of these returns are straining the agency’s capacity, with existing support systems nearing collapse under funding shortages and increasing daily arrivals.
The largest influx has come from Iran, where daily returns surged sharply after June 13. On July 1 alone, over 43,000 Afghans returned from Iran which is almost nine times the daily average from January to June. In Pakistan, a similar pattern has emerged, with over 150,000 people returning in April following intensified crackdowns and deportation deadlines. UNHCR expressed deep concern that many of the returns are occurring under coercive conditions.
UNHCR has dispatched emergency teams to border crossings like Islam Qala in Herat Province where returnee families arrive. The agency is distributing essential items, hot meals, and emergency cash assistance, but Jamal cautioned that without urgent funding support, such operations may cease within weeks. The Afghanistan response plan is currently funded at just 28% of the required $216 million.
This wave of returns follows a series of restrictive refugee policies by neighboring countries. In 2023, Pakistan announced plans to expel over one million undocumented Afghans, many of whom had fled Taliban persecution. According to Human Rights Watch, deportations often targeting women, children, and people at risk of Taliban retaliation have continued, despite international appeals.
The consequences for returnees are dire. In Afghanistan they face severe restrictions on women’s rights, economic insecurity and widespread poverty. Women and girls are particularly vulnerable under the Taliban-led regime. A UN Women report highlighted the near-total exclusion of women from public life and formal education in Afghanistan, leaving returnee families at heightened risk.
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The largest influx has come from Iran, where daily returns surged sharply after June 13. On July 1 alone, over 43,000 Afghans returned from Iran which is almost nine times the daily average from January to June. In Pakistan, a similar pattern has emerged, with over 150,000 people returning in April following intensified crackdowns and deportation deadlines. UNHCR expressed deep concern that many of the returns are occurring under coercive conditions.
UNHCR has dispatched emergency teams to border crossings like Islam Qala in Herat Province where returnee families arrive. The agency is distributing essential items, hot meals, and emergency cash assistance, but Jamal cautioned that without urgent funding support, such operations may cease within weeks. The Afghanistan response plan is currently funded at just 28% of the required $216 million.
This wave of returns follows a series of restrictive refugee policies by neighboring countries. In 2023, Pakistan announced plans to expel over one million undocumented Afghans, many of whom had fled Taliban persecution. According to Human Rights Watch, deportations often targeting women, children, and people at risk of Taliban retaliation have continued, despite international appeals.
The consequences for returnees are dire. In Afghanistan they face severe restrictions on women’s rights, economic insecurity and widespread poverty. Women and girls are particularly vulnerable under the Taliban-led regime. A UN Women report highlighted the near-total exclusion of women from public life and formal education in Afghanistan, leaving returnee families at heightened risk.
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