Afghanistan Border Inflow Interviews from 2021, Over 55,000 Responses

Over 55,000 interviews were conducted in 2021 with people crossing into Afghanistan from Pakistan, Iran, and Central Asia to assess triggers and protection risks. The dataset is an anonymized version of the original survey data collected by UNHCR. It focuses on the 2021 period when 1.6 million new arrivals were witnessed in neighboring countries.

Use Cases

• Modeling migration triggers and intentions based on interview responses
• Assessing potential protection risks and human rights violations for returnees
• Analyzing cross-border movement patterns from Pakistan, Iran, and Central Asia into Afghanistan

Strengths

• Based on over 55,000 interviews conducted throughout 2021
• Focuses on six specific border crossing points into Afghanistan
• Anonymized version of original survey data for privacy protection

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to the 2021 collection period

Provenance

Source

UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency

Collection Method

Interviews conducted with people at six border crossing points into Afghanistan

Time Range

2021

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 14:07:09.038331; freshness should be verified

Geography

Afghanistan border crossings with Pakistan, Iran, and Central Asia