Back to Afghanistan: Over 5,000 refugees repatriated, says UNHCR
Most recently, eight Afghan refugee families comprising of 54 individuals went back
APP
November 01, 2014
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QUETTA:
As many as 5,000 Afghan refugees living in camps, rural and urban settlements have returned to their home land in 2014, said Willium Lipsit, Officer In Charge, UNHCR Quetta office. Most recently, eight Afghan refugee families comprising of 54 individuals went back under the UNHCR’s repatriation programme bringing the total number of repatriated refugees in 2014 to over 5,000 individuals, he said while talking to APP here on Friday. “The return of Afghan refugees has been the largest such operation in the world. UNHCR hopes that the number of refugees who return to live in Afghanistan will increase in the coming months and years”.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 1st, 2014.
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