EUAA COI Report. Situation of Afghan refugees

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This report describes the situation of Afghan refugees in Pakistan.

The report revises the previous EASO COI report Pakistan – situation of Afghan refugees, released in May 2020. It specifically covers developments between 1 May 2020 and 17 March 2022.

The report consists of three main chapters. The first chapter describes the general background of Afghan refugees in Pakistan.

The second chapter of the report examines the legal status of Afghan refugees living in Pakistan and describes the documentation process of registered and unregistered Afghan refugees.

The third chapter provides information on socio-economic situation of Afghan refugees in Pakistan according to their legal status.

This report was drafted by ACCORD, the Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation.

The following national asylum and migration departments reviewed this report:

- The Netherlands, Office for Country Information and Language Analysis, Ministry of Justice (OCILA);

- Slovak Republic, Department of Documentation and Foreign Cooperation, Ministry of Interior;

- France, Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless persons (OFPRA), Information, Documentation and Research Division (DIDR);

- Germany, Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF), Country Analysis.

The following external expert reviewed this report: Zia Ur Rehman is a Pakistan-based journalist and researcher on Pakistan, writing extensively for the New York Times and as a senior reporter with the News International (Pakistan’s English newspaper).

The first draft of this report was finalised on 17 March 2022. Some additional information was added during the finalisation of this report in response to feedback received during the quality control process, until 12 April 2022.

This report was written according to the EASO COI Report Methodology (June 2019).

Politique de traitement

La situation en matière de sécurité et de droits humains est problématique au Pakistan. De nombreux civils sont affectés par la violence ethno-politique ou confessionnelle et, souvent, les autorités pakistanaises n’ont pas la capacité ou la volonté de leur offrir une protection. Pour une grande part, la violence qui frappe le Pakistan est le fait des organisations terroristes actives dans le pays. Ces organisations visent principalement les services de sécurité et l’armée, les minorités religieuses et les hommes politiques. Des attentats à grande échelle sont parfois commis dans le but de faire un maximum de victimes dans une communauté donnée. Ces attentats visent en général les minorités religieuses, surtout les musulmans chiites. De tels attentats sont plutôt l’exception que la règle. La situation sécuritaire est également influencée par des flambées de violences opposant des éléments extrémistes aux forces gouvernementales dans le nord-ouest du pays et par le soulèvement nationaliste au Baloutchistan.

Land: 
Pakistan