KABUL (Pajhwok): The Commission for Addressing the Problems of Migrants says that 682 migrant families, comprising 3,574 people, along with 305 individual travelers, entered the country through four border crossings.
Meanwhile, 601 returning families received cash assistance, and 459 families were relocated to various provinces.
According to the commission’s report, 631 families, totaling 3,338 people, entered and were registered through the Torkham crossing in Nangarhar province.
Additionally, 343 families, comprising 1,859 people, were transported to the provinces of Nangarhar, Kunar, Laghman and Kabul, with 1,798,150 afghanis allocated for their transportation costs.
At Torkham, 557 families received a total of 4,454,000 afghanis in cash assistance. Health and telecommunications services were also provided at the Omari Camp.
Through the Spin Boldak crossing in Kandahar province, 18 families, comprising 110 people, entered the country.
Officials said that 12 families, totaling 73 people, were transported to Kabul and Paktika, with 216,000 afghanis allocated to cover their transportation expenses.
The report added that 23 families at Spin Boldak received a total of 208,000 afghanis in cash assistance, while food, health, and telecommunications services were also provided.
According to the commission, 19 families, comprising 82 people, as well as 305 individual travelers, entered the country through the Pul-i-Abrisham crossing in Nimroz province.
Seven families received a total of 62,000 afghanis in cash assistance, and 177 people benefited from health services.
In Herat province, 14 families, comprising 44 people, entered the country through the Islam Qala crossing and received a combined total of 88,000 afghanis in cash assistance.
The statement further noted that the Transport and Relocation Committee in Kabul transferred 104 families, totaling 538 people, to various provinces and paid 337,520 afghanis to cover their transportation costs.
The report also states that SIM cards were distributed to all returning migrants.
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