Since the beginning of the year, about 2.6 million Afghans have returned from neighboring countries. This was stated by a representative of the UN Office for Refugees (UVKB) in Afghanistan Arafat Jamal at a weekly press conference in the UN Geneva Office online.
Jamal noted that the stream of people returning from Pakistan in extremely difficult conditions continues to grow. The majority of them returned from neighboring countries against their will to the country, already covered in a grip of poverty and drought, where humanitarian needs are already extremely high, ”he said. Earthquakes.
thousands of people return to the injured areas. Only about 100,000 people arrived in the first week of September, which is jamal of the possibility of assistance, – Jamal said.
the representative of the UVKB warned that the financing of humanitarian programs was running out. The UN UN authorities were forced to temporarily suspend the work points of monetary support throughout the country.
“Without additional financing, we will not be able to continue to provide vital for families that have encountered crises on each other,” the UN representative said. $ 258.6 million for further response to an emergency, ”he added.