Afghanistan Border Monitoring at Unofficial Crossing Points, 2023

Afghanistan's border monitoring data from 2023, collected by UNHCR. The dataset contains anonymized results from interviews at over 50 locations to understand refugee flows and barriers to movement. It reports that 81% of movements to Iran and less than 18% to Pakistan occur via unofficial crossings.

Use Cases

• Model refugee flow patterns based on weekly movement estimates from key informants.
• Assess barriers to international protection based on interview data about access to territory.
• Compare official versus unofficial border crossing usage for movements to Iran and Pakistan.

Strengths

• Data collected from over 50 locations across six major Afghan field sites.
• Includes specific quantitative findings, such as 81% of movements to Iran using unofficial crossings.
• Produced by the authoritative UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is anonymized, which may limit granular demographic analysis.

Provenance

Source

UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency

Collection Method

Interviews with key informants such as local residents, drivers, and border officials.

Time Range

2023

Freshness

Last updated 2026 -03-25 14:00:27.338507; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Afghanistan, focusing on border areas with Iran and Pakistan.