Exodus of refugees is not durable

By Ahmed Shah Durrani Published On Dec 19, 2017

Afghan refugees gather for renewal of their family cards at the Chamkany registration centre on the outskirts of Peshawar on December 31, 2015. Hundreds of thousands of people fled Afghanistan during the last three decades of war, with a majority of them taking refuge in neighbouring Pakistan. AFP PHOTO/A MAJEED / AFP PHOTO / A Majeed

2016 has been yet another year in recent times when security measures taken within the context of the National Action Plan (NAP) expedited the rate of voluntary returns to increase recently. This high rate is also owed to other non-state push factors on the Pakistan side and a number of pull factors on the Afghan side, according to survey data by the UN body dealing with registered Afghans in Pakistan.

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