KABUL (Pajhwok): More than 1.1 million Afghan refugees were repatriated from Iran and Pakistan in 2021, the International Organization of Migration (IOM) said on Monday.
A total 1,146,750 Afghans without documents have returned to the country --- 19,000 from Pakistan and the remaining from Iran.
According to IOM around 670,000 people have been displaced internally by war and insecurity inside Afghanistan.
Earlier according UNHCR report, there was a surge in migration from Afghanistan from the start of 2021 when around 500,000 people migrated to Iran.
IOM also provided financial support to 690,000 displaced persons . . .
