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Afghanistan — Returnee Resilience Overview (June 2026)
By International Organization for Migration at ReliefWeb
· June 16, 2026
· 1 min read
. Between mid-September 2023 and 30 May 2026, approximately 6.04 million Afghans returned from the Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan. This sharp rise in return flows was driven largely by Pakistan’s Illegal Foreigners’ Repatriation Plan (IFRP), launched in late 2023. At the same time, parallel p
Key takeaway This sharp rise in return flows was driven largely by Pakistan’s Illegal Foreigners’ Repatriation Plan (IFRP), launched in late 2023.
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Category: disaster ·
Published: June 16, 2026 ·
Source: ReliefWeb ·
Reading time: 1 min
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What is this story about? . Between mid-September 2023 and 30 May 2026, approximately 6.04 million Afghans returned from the Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan. This sharp rise in return flows was driven largely by Pakistan’s Illegal Foreigners’ Repatriation Plan (IFRP), launched in late 2023. At the same time, parallel p
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