2015 Year-End reportDownloaded on 29/6/2017

Operation: Afghanistan

Latest update of camps and office locations 21 Nov 2016.

Dalbandin

Loralai

Kabul (FU)

Khost

Dushanbe

Peshawar

Bamyan

Kunduz

Kohat

Dogharoun

Herat

Kerman Quetta

Mashad

Kandahar

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People of Concern

33%INCREASE IN

20162016 2,355,622

2015 1,767,291

2014 1,324,996

Refugees

Refugees

59 771

59 771

Asylum-seekers

Asylum-seekers

128

128

IDPs

IDPs

1 797 551

1 797 551

Returned refugees

Returned refugees

383 951

383 951

Others of concern

Others of concern

114 221

114 221

Refugees Asylum-seekers IDPs Returned refugeesOthers of concern

Budgets and Expenditure for Afghanistan

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Working environmentThe National Unity Government, formed in 2014, demonstrated a strong commitment to addressing issues ofdisplacement throughout 2015. The Government developed a national comprehensive voluntary repatriationand reintegration strategy and established a ministerial-level High Commission on Migration, chaired by thePresident to coordinate its implementation. Despite these positive political developments, the situation in Afghanistan remained complex. 2015witnessed the highest number of civilian casualties since 2009 and saw a dramatic increase in conflict-induced displacement. Over 380,000 IDPs were newly displaced as a result of conflict in 31 out of 34provinces– a 70 per cent increase from the previous year – bringing the total number of IDPs in Afghanistanto nearly 1.2 million. Increasing insecurity coupled with drastic economic contractions led many Afghans toseek better lives elsewhere, including in Europe. Afghans were the second largest group of asylum-seekersin Europe after Syrians. While there was an overall increase in the number of returns to Afghanistan in early 2015 from major hostingcountries in the region, this trend slowed in the second half of 2015, as growing insecurity in many parts ofAfghanistan jeopardized opportunities for returnees to safely re-establish themselves in areas of return.Afghanistan continued to host 236,950 refugees from Pakistan’s North Waziristan. UNHCR launched anenhanced verification exercise to increase the accuracy of the population data, obtain key information onhousehold vulnerabilities, protection risks and solutions prospects.

Population trendsOver 58,000 Afghan refugees returned under UNHCR’s assisted voluntary repatriation programme.Over 380,000 new conflict-induced IDPs were displaced in 2015, bringing the number of internally displacedpopulation up to 1.2 million. Communities in Afghanistan’s Khost and Paktika Provinces continued to host approximately 236,950refugees (38,666 families) from Pakistan’s North Waziristan.

Achievements and impactA new portfolio of projects within the Solutions Strategy for Afghan Refugees (SSAR), developed by theGovernment with the support of UNHCR, was launched during the high-level segment of the ExecutiveCommittee on the Afghan refugee situation in October 2015. It offers a comprehensive and integratedframework for joint interventions aimed at facilitating voluntary return and sustainable reintegration. UNHCRalso continued to advocate for the inclusion of returnees and IDPs in national priority programmes anddevelopment planning. An enhanced returnee monitoring programme, launched in 2015, provided a better understanding of theprotection risks and reintegration challenges that returnees face in the initial phases of return in a complexand insecure environment. UNHCR continued to lead the protection and emergency shelter/non-food items clusters under the UNTransformative Agenda. A handover to OCHA of the overall coordination responsibilities on conflict-inducedIDPs was initiated. Approximately 380,000 conflict-induced IDPs were profiled in accessible areas across the country in 2015 ina joint exercise with members of the IDP Task Force. As humanitarian needs rose due to renewed conflict, UNHCR expanded its assistance for people withspecific needs, reaching out to the most vulnerable through a network of partners.

Unmet needsThe needs of protracted IDPs remained largely unmet in 2015.Lack of progress in land tenure reform remained an obstacle in providing shelter to returnees.Insecurity contributed to the lack of long-term support for sustainable reintegration.

2015 Expenditure for Afghanistan | USDThe following table presents the final budget and funds available by pillar and the final expenditure at the objective-level, as reported atyear-end.

Pillar 1Refugee

programme

Pillar 3Reintegration

projects

Pillar 4IDP

projectsTotal

Final Budget 66,838,574 56,925,099 26,880,214 150,643,886

Income from contributions* 24,143,135 5,270,652 3,998,147 33,411,935

Other funds available / transfers 20,712,468 12,643,989 6,349,289 39,705,747

Total funds available 44,855,603 17,914,642 10,347,436 73,117,681

Expenditure by Objective

Favourable Protection Environment

Law and policy 447,044 0 0 447,044

Legal remedies and legal assistance 0 2,606,261 691,909 3,298,170

Subtotal 447,044 2,606,261 691,909 3,745,214

Fair Protection Processes and Documentation

Reception conditions 521,994 0 0 521,994

Registration and profiling 671,385 0 0 671,385

Subtotal 1,193,379 0 0 1,193,379

Security from Violence and Exploitation

SGBV prevention and response 0 2,040,870 696,774 2,737,643

Child protection 93,691 0 0 93,691

Subtotal 93,691 2,040,870 696,774 2,831,334

Basic Needs and Essential Services

Health 589,450 0 0 589,450

Food security 99,269 0 0 99,269

Water 81,641 0 0 81,641

Shelter and infrastructure 3,432,773 1,649,025 684,977 5,766,775

Basic and domestic and hygiene Items 4,134,126 2,540,136 2,807,066 9,481,328

Services for persons with specific needs 572,750 0 1,828,042 2,400,791

Subtotal 8,910,008 4,189,161 5,320,084 18,419,254

Community Empowerment and Self Reliance

Co-existence with local communities 166,638 1,254,748 691,005 2,112,391

Self-reliance and livelihoods 0 991,539 0 991,539

Subtotal 166,638 2,246,287 691,005 3,103,930

Durable Solutions

Voluntary return 29,772,827 0 0 29,772,827

Reintegration 0 1,692,331 0 1,692,331

Integration 0 0 2,322,345 2,322,345

Subtotal 29,772,827 1,692,331 2,322,345 33,787,503

Leadership, Coordination and Partnerships

Coordination and partnerships 0 0 625,318 625,318

Camp management and coordination 130,737 0 0 130,737

Subtotal 130,737 0 625,318 756,056

Logistics and Operations Support

Supply chain and logistics 0 5,008,237 0 5,008,237

Operations management, coordination andsupport

1,509,864 0 0 1,509,864

Subtotal 1,509,864 5,008,237 0 6,518,102

2015 Expenditure Total 42,224,188 17,783,147 10,347,436 70,354,771

Pillar 1Refugee

programme

Pillar 3Reintegration

projects

Pillar 4IDP

projectsTotal

*Income from contributions includes indirect support costs that are recovered from contributions to Pillars 3 and 4, supplementary

budgets and the “New or additional activities – mandate-related” (NAM) Reserve. Contributions towards all pillars are included under

Pillar 1.