The documents hosted here represent the publications focused on Afghanistan that were identified for ADSP’s report Solutions to Afghan displacement: a rapid review of the evidence, published in February 2019.

Documents listed from after this time have been added as a resource for all stakeholders engaged on issues of Afghan displacement.

No Publication Title Author/Commissioning Agency Year Published
1 Afghans brought up in Iran and returned to Afghanistan from Europe ASYLOS (Research for Asylum) 2019
2 Displacement Dynamics: IDP Movement Tracking, Needs and Vulnerability Analysis (Herat and Helmand, Afghanistan) Samuel Hall / IOM 2014
3 Agency and Choice among the Displaced: Returnees’ and IDPs’ Choice of Destination in Afghanistan, Behind the Decision Making Process Samuel Hall / DACAAR 2015
4 Strengthening Displaced Women’s Housing, Land and Property Rights in Afghanistan Jelena Madzarevic and Shobha Rao / NRC 2014
5 Myth or Reality: Durable Solutions for IDPs in Afghanistan (The Newsletter of the Global Protection Cluster-6th Edition) Laurie Wiseberg & Shobha Rao / Global Protection Cluster 2014
6 Evaluation of the UNHCR Shelter Assistance Programme Samuel Hall & Maastricht Graduate School of Governance (MGSOG) / UNHCR 2012
7 Multi-purpose Cash and Sectoral Outcomes AFGHANISTAN CASE STUDY Sara Pavanello / UNHCR 2018
8 Escaping War: Where to Next? A Research Study on the Challenges of IDP Protection in Afghanistan Samuel Hall / NRC 2018
9 Challenges of IDP Protection Samuel Hall / NRC 2012
10 My Children Will Die this Winter: Afghanistan’s Broken Promise to the Displaced Amnesty International / Amnesty International 2016
11 Designing Livelihood Programmes for Displaced Populations in Urban Settings in Afghanistan and Pakistan Samuel Hall / DRC 2013
12 Return Migration and Fundamental Rights in Afghanistan: Perceptions and Practices Lucile Martin / Afghanistan Public Policy Research Organization (APPRO) 2018
13 Female IDPs and Conflict: Kunduz (September-October 2015) Dana Holland, Saeed Parto & Khalid Siddiqi / Afghanistan Public Policy Research Organization (APPRO) 2015
14 Return Migration and Development Nexus: Casual Labourers of Kabul Jos Winters / Afghanistan Public Policy Research Organization (APPRO) 2014
15 Migration and Urban Development in Kabul: Classification or Accommodation? Saeed Parto, Ahmad Shaheer Anil, Jos Winters, Ehsan M.Sadaat, Mohsin Usyan, Asad Shadan, Zarghona Saify, Nafasgul Karimi & Wahab Hazivi / Afghanistan Public Policy Research Organization (APPRO) 2012
16 Return to Afghanistan: Migration as Reinforcement of Socio-Economic Stratification Marieke van Houte, Melissa Siegel & Tine Davids / Wiley Online Library (doi:10.1002/psp.1876) 2014
17 Does Shelter Assistance Reduce Poverty in Afghanistan? Craig Loschmann, Christopher R. Parsons & Melissa Siegel / United Nations University 2014
18 Afghanistan Migration Profile Katrin Marchand, Melissa Siegel, Katie Kuschminder, Nassim Majidi, Michaella Vanore & Carla Buil / IOM 2014
19 Afghanistan Migration Profile: Afghanistan Return and Circular Migration Katie Kuschminder, Nassim Majidi &
Katrin Marchand / IOM		 2014
20 Returning to Fragility: Exploring the Link Between Conflict and Returnees in Afghanistan OXFAM 2018
21 Informal Settlement Food Security Assessment: Afghanistan REACH 2017
22 Access to Tazkera and Other Civil Documentation in Afghanistan Samuel Hall & NRC 2016
23 Urban Displaced Youth in Kabul: Part One, Mental Health Matters Samuel Hall 2016
24 The Impact of Cash Transfer Programmes on Protection Outcomes in Afghanistan NRC & UNHCR 2015
25 Still at Risk: Security of Tenure and the Forced Eviction of IDPs and Refugee Returnees in Urban Afghanistan Caroline Howard & Jelena Madzarevic/ IDMC & NRC 2014
26 Evaluating IOM’ s Return and Reintegration Activities for Returnees and Other Displaced Populations: Afghanistan Samuel Hall / IOM 2014
27 Evaluation of NRC’s Youth Education Pack (YEP) Projects in Faryab, Herat, and Nangarhar Samuel Hall / NRC 2015
28 Cash Programme Review for IDPs in Kabul Informal Settlements Samuel Hall / DRC 2013
29 Complexities and Challenges in Afghan Migration: Policy and Research Event United Nations University 2014
30 Sustaining the Working Poor in the Kabul Informal Settlements: An Evaluation of Solidarités International’s Vocational Training Programme  Samuel Hall & Solidarities International 2012
31 Kandahar Integrated and Sustainable Services for Returnees and Host Communities  Prof Richard C Carter/ Tearfund 2012
32 Sanctuary in the City? Urban Displacement and Vulnerability in Kabul Victoria Metcalfe, Simone Haysom, & Ellen Martin / HPG, ODI & DANIDA 2012
33 EU Migration Policy and Returns: Case Study on Afghanistan (Summary and ECRE’s Recommendations) Claire Rimmer, Aspasia Papadopoulou, Kris Pollet, Minos Mouzourakis / European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) 2017
34 From Forced Migration to Forced Returns in Afghanistan: Policy and Program Implications Nassim Majidi / Migration Policy Institute 2017
35 The Returnees: An Overview of the Situation of Returnees in Afghanistan Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) 2016
36 Afghanistan’s Displaced People: A Socio-Economic Profile, 2013-2014 Thea Yde-Jensen, Nandini Krishnan, Xiayun Tan, & Christina Wieser/  International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, The World Bank 2018
37 Afghanistan’s Forced Displacement Legal & Policy Framework Assessment International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank 2017
38 The Forced Return of Afghan Refugees and Implications for Stability Belquis Ahmadi & Sadaf Lakhani / United States Institute of Peace (USIP) 2016
39 Migration Governance Helen Seese & Wali Mohammad Kandiwal / Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) & German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development 2017
40 Sayara Research for DRC-DDG: Conflict Analysis Sayara Research/DRC 2017
41 Going “Home” to Displacement: Afghanistan’s Returnee-IDPs Nassim Majidi, Samuel Hall/ NRC & IDMC 2017
42 Broken Promises, Displaced Afghan Girls NRC 2017
43 Seeking Durable Solutions for Afghans in a Fragile and Volatile Context DRC 2016
44 Market Assessment: Field Research Report Edgescope Business Consulting (EBC) / DRC 2017
45 Labour and Housing Market Systems in Nangarhar Province, Eastern Afghanistan (Complex Conflict, Displacement and Returnee Influx): Emergency Market Mapping and Analysis Stuart Kent, Samir Ahmed & Naqibullah, OXFAM 2017
46 Afghan Refugees / Returnees: Challenges & Opportunities (Workshop Report) Nassim Majidi, Samuel Hall / ACBAR 2014
47 Assessment of Livelihood Opportunities for Returnees / Internally Displaced Persons and Host Communities in Afghanistan International Labour Organization / UNHCR 2013
48 Labour Migration for Decent Work in Afghanistan: Issues and Challenges Piyasiri Wickramasekara & Nilim Baruah / International Labour Organization Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific 2013
49 Afghanistan World Bank Phone Survey of Afghan Returnees: Methodology and Representativeness The World Bank 2018
50 Fragility and Population Movement in Afghanistan The World Bank Group / UNHCR 2016
51 The Afghan Refugee Crisis in 2016 Belquis Ahmadi & Sadaf Lakhani / United States Institute of Peace (USIP) 2017
52 Forced Back to Danger: Asylum-Seekers Returned from Europe to Afghanistan Amnesty International 2017
53 Afghanistan: Seven Point Human Rights Agenda for President Ghani Amnesty International 2014
54 Open Letter: Afghanistan National Policy for Internally Displaced Persons Amnesty International 2013
55 Fleeing War, Finding Misery: The Plight of the Internally Displaced in Afghanistan Amnesty International 2012
56 APRRN Statement: Afghanistan Remains Unsuitable and Unsafe for Returning Refugees Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network
(APRRN)		 2018
57 Protection Assessment of Conflict-Affected Populations: Afghanistan REACH / CHF & OCHA 2018
58 Education and Child Protection: Joint Needs Assessment REACH / CHF & OCHA 2017
59 Fragmented Families Assessment: Afghanistan REACH / CHF & OCHA 2018
60 Multi-Cluster Needs Assessment: Food Security in Informal Settlements REACH / CHF & OCHA 2017
61 Migration from Afghanistan to Europe (2014-2017): Drivers, Return and Reintegration REACH & Mixed Migration Platform / UKAID 2017
62 Multi-Cluster Needs Assessment of Prolonged IDPs: Afghanistan REACH / OCHA 2017
63 Rapid Assessment of Internally Displaced Person in Herat, Afghanistan: Displacement Profile REACH 2015
64 Detention, Alternatives to Detention, and Deportation, Issue 44 Nassim Majidi / Forced Migration Review (FMR) 2013
65 Young Afghans Facing Return – Forced Migration Review -Issue 50 Kim Robinson Lucy Williams / Forced Migration Review (FMR) 2013
66 Enhancing Security of Land Tenure for IDPs, Issue 46 Shobha Rao Jan Turkstra / Forced Migration Review
(FMR)		 2014
67 Afghan Refugees and Returnees: Corruption and Lack of Afghan Ministerial Capacity Have Prevented Implementation of a Long-term Refugee Strategy Special Inspector General for
Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)		 2015
68 Urban Poverty Report: A Study of Poverty, Food Insecurity and Resilience in Afghan Cities Samuel Hall / DRC & People in Need (PIN) 2014
69 Breaking Barriers: Challenges to Implementing Laws on Violence Against Women in Afghanistan and Tajikistan with Special Consideration of Displaced Women Christine Lin, Center for Gender & Refugee Studies / United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women 2016
70 Afghanistan Gender and Shelter Review Christine Wiik / NRC 2017
71 Listening to Women and Girls Displaced to Urban Afghanistan Susanne Schmeidl & Dan Tyler, TLO & NRC /Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2015
72 Information, Counselling and Legal Assistance: (ICLA) Programme Evaluation NRC 2014
73 Report of the Public Inquiry into Land Usurpation Independent Join Anti-Corruption Monitoring and Evaluation Committee 2014
74 Seeking Safety, Jobs, and More: Afghanistan’s Mixed Flows Test Migration Policies Nassim Majidi, Vivianne van der Vorst & Christopher Foulkes/ Migration Policy Institute 2016
75 The European Parliament Must Immediately Address the Joint Way Forward Agreement between the EU and Afghanistan Group of INGOs 2016
76 Twenty Years of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement: Domesticating the Guiding Principles in Afghanistan – Issue 59 Nassim Majidi & Dan Tyler/Forced Migration Review (FMR) 2018
77 After Return: Documenting the Experiences of Young People Forcibly Removed to Afghanistan Catherine Gladwell, Emily Bowerman, Bryony Norman, Sarah Dickson, & Abdul Ghafoor / Refugee Support Network (RSN) 2016
78 Deconstructing Afghan Displacement Data: Acknowledging the Elephant in the Dark Susanne Schmeidl / Migration Policy Practice 2016
79 Return and Reintegration to Afghanistan: Policy Implications  Nassim Majidi & Laurence Hart / Migration Policy Practice 2016
80 2014 and Beyond: Implications for Displacement – Issue 46 Aidan O’Leary/Forced Migration Review (FMR) 2014
81 The Changing Nature of Return Migration to Afghanistan –  Issue 46 Katie Kuschminder, Melissa Siegel, & Nassim Majidi / Forced Migration Review (FMR) 2014
82 Displacement and Violence Against Women in Afghanistan – Issue 46 Camille Hennion / Forced Migration Review (FMR) 2014
83 No Longer A Child: From the UK to Afghanistan – Issue 44 Catherine Gladwell / Forced Migration Review (FMR) 2013
84 The Impact of Forced Migration on Afghanistan’s Domestic Politics and Foreign Relations Admir Skodo / Swedish Institute of International Affairs 2018
85 What Happens Post-Deportation? The Experience of Deported Afghans Liza Schuster & Nassim Majidi / Migration Studies, University of London Institutional Repository 2013
86 From Europe to Afghanistan: Experiences of Child Returnees Marion Guillaume & Nassim Majidi, Samuel Hall / Save the Children 2018
87 Practical Approaches and Good Practices in Return and Reintegration to Afghanistan and Pakistan: Key Findings The European Migration Network 2014
88 Broken Futures: Young Afghan Asylum Seekers in the UK and on Return to their Country of Origin Catherine Gladwell & Hannah Elwyn / UNHCR 2012
89 Policy Brief: National Policy on IDPs in Afghanistan, From Policy to Implementation Samuel Hall Consulting/ NRC 2015
90 Internal Displacement in Afghanistan Sumbul Rizvi / Middle East Institute & FRS 2011
91 Return and Displacement in Afghanistan: Discussion Paper British and Irish Agencies Afghanistan Group & European Network of NGOs in Afghanistan 2018
92 Urban Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons in Afghanistan Nassim Majidi / Middle East Institute & FRS 2011
93 Escaping War: Where to Next? A Research Study on the Challenges of IDP Protection in Afghanistan NRC & iDMC & Samuel Hall 2018
94 Baseline Mobility Assessment Summary Results: Afghanistan IOM 2017
95 Afghanistan’s Forced Displacement: Legal & Policy Framework Assessment World Bank Group & UNHCR 2017
96 Fit for Purpose: Getting Humanitarian Aid Right in Afghanistan One Year after the Taliban Takeover  Refugees International  2022
97 Futures In The Balance: Taking Action To Ensure Afghan Women’s & Girls’ Rights Under Taliban Rule  Refugees International  2022
98 “Now, There is Nothing Safe”: A Roadmap for Investing in Afghan Women and Girls  Refugees International  2022
99 Afghanistan: Continued risk of forced eviction due to complex land rights and tenure (in)security  ACAPS 2023
100 Afghanistan Situation Regional Refugee Response Plan (RRP) January-December 2023  UNHCR 2023
101 The Changing Dynamics of Afghan Migration after August 2021  Mixed Migration Centre (MMC) 2023
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