ISLAMABAD: United High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has repatriated around 60,000 Afghan refugees from January 1, 2015 to November 30, 2015 so far. Out of total 29458 were from Khyber Pakhtunkhaw,7224 from Balochistan, 4668 from Sindh, 12398 from Punjab, 869 from Islamabad and 2938 Azad Kashmir.

An official told APP Tuesday that UNHCR provides Afghan returnees approximately US$ 200 per person as a short-term integration and transportation grand (between US$ 30 to US$ 70).

The transportation grant varies according to the travel distance from the areas of residence in Pakistan to the areas of origin in Afghanistan.

Those returning from distant places such as Karachi, Punjab, Sindh and Azad Jammu Kashmir will receive an additional transportation grant of US$ 15 to US$ 30 per person.

The transportation and integration grant are provided at the UNHCR Encashment centres inside Afghanistan.

Refugee Affected and Hosting Areas (RAHA) would be completed by the end of 2017 while 10.6 million people were benefitted so far including 89 percent Pakistanis and 11 percent Afghan refugees across the country, She informed.

She said that RAHA has completed 3500 projects so far and several still continuing for the social welfare of the public.

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2015