Afghanistan Border Inflow Interviews from 2022 by UNHCR

UNHCR conducted over 55,000 interviews at six crossing points from Pakistan, Iran, and Central Asia into Afghanistan throughout 2022. This anonymized dataset captures triggers, intentions, and reasons for cross-border movements to assess access to territory and potential protection risks. The data was collected against a backdrop of 1.6 million new arrivals in neighboring countries and a declining trend of refugee returns.

Use Cases

• Modeling drivers of cross-border movement based on interview data about triggers and intentions.
• Assessing protection risks and human rights violations based on survey responses from returnees.
• Analyzing trends in refugee return intentions based on data collected throughout 2022.
• Mapping access to territory for Afghan nationals based on interviews conducted at specific border points.

Strengths

• Over 55,000 interviews provide a substantial sample size.
• Data collection covers six specific border crossing points from three neighboring regions.
• Interviews were conducted throughout the entire year of 2022 for temporal coverage.

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 geographic and temporal bias inherent to the specific border monitoring project.

Provenance

Source

UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency

Collection Method

Interviews conducted with people at border crossing points.

Time Range

2022

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 14:05:53.986930; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Afghanistan border crossings with Pakistan, Iran, and Central Asia.