Afghan refugees: Difference between revisions

 

As of March 2009, some 1.7 million registered Afghans still remain in Pakistan. They are allowed to live, work and attend schools in the country until the end of 2012.<ref>[http://www.unhcr.org/news/NEWS/49ba5db92.html UNHCR and Pakistan sign new agreement on stay of Afghan refugees], March 13, 2009.</ref> Because Afghanistan is not ready to accept so many returnees at this point, the UNHCR is shifting some refugees abroad, mostly to [[Canada]], [[Australia]], [[Germany]], [[Norway]]<ref>http://asylmarsj.no/?language=en Support Network for Afghan Asylum Seekers, Norway</ref>, [[Sweden]] and other countries. Each family that returns to Afghanistan, on production of repatriation documents issued by the UNHCR, is provided free plot of land by the [[Politics of Afghanistan|Government of Afghanistan]] to build a new home.<ref>Pajhwok Afghan News, [http://www.pajhwok.com/viewstory.asp?lng=eng&id=45053 ''Returnees to be allotted plots: Helmand governor (Nov. 4, 2007)'']</ref>

 

==See also==

*[[Muhajir]]

*[[Demography of Pakistan]]

*[[Demography of Iran]]

 

==External links==

*[http://www.unhcr.org/country/afg.html UNHCR: The UN Refugee Agency (Afghanistan)]

*[http://www.hope-afar.org A Future for Afghan Refugees (Hope-AFAR)]

 

[[Category:Afghan refugees]]

[[Category:Afghanistan–Pakistan relations]]

 

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