"Who would want to come back in these conditions? The number of people fleeing Afghanistan far exceeds those coming back," said Dr Abdul Samad Hami, deputy minister of the Afghan Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR). "The number of internally displaced people (IDPs) is increasing and the out-migration is increasing too. This year, there has been a spike in the applications for European countries."
Many of those who cannot afford to move further afield are fleeing to neighbouring Pakistan and Iran. Pakistan already hosts more Afghan refugees than any other country, with 1.6 million Afghans living there, and Iran has the second-highest figure, giving refuge to more than 800,000. As of September 30 this year, there were 590,184 Afghans registered by UN refugee agency UNHCR as "internally displaced", compared with about 425,000 as of the middle of last year.
Afghan refugees weigh options as 2014 looms - Features - Al Jazeera English
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