UN: 150,000 refugees have been returned to Afghanistan since the beginning of 2026

Yasamin Sat Feb 2026 7 months ago 1172

According to statistics from this agency, the total number of returnees since 2023 has reached approximately 5.4 million people.


This international organization has emphasized that the majority of these returns have taken place under difficult conditions and, in many cases, forcibly, and that the pace of these expulsions has increased economic and humanitarian pressures inside Afghanistan. In particular, the situation of women and girls among the returnees has been described as alarming from the perspective of this organization.


At the same time, based on a recent World Bank report, the sudden population increase in 2025 has led to a roughly four percent decline in Afghanistan's per capita gross domestic product; a development that indicates the direct impact of the wave of returns on the country's economic indicators.


Findings from a survey conducted by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees indicate that only about half of the returnees have been able to access informal work in a limited manner. Additionally, more than fifty percent of returning families lack official documents, and more than 90 percent of them earn less than five dollars per day; a situation that has seriously heightened the economic vulnerability of these families.


According to the same survey, approximately five percent of respondents stated that, if conditions allow, they would like to leave the country again. In addition, ten percent of families reported that some of their close relatives have once again left Afghanistan after returning.


The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, expressing concern over the continuation of this trend, has called for the immediate strengthening of assistance programs, the creation of employment opportunities, the provision of shelter, and the implementation of reintegration plans in 2026. This agency has stressed that without coordinated and sustained support from the international community, returnees will face the risk of more widespread poverty, social instability, and an exacerbated humanitarian crisis.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has announced that since the beginning of 2026 AD, nearly 150,000 Afghan citizens have been returned to Afghanistan from Pakistan and Iran.

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