Table of Contents
An Overview: Statistics, Updates and Trends on Deportation................................................... 8
Painful Tales, Infinite Sufferings and Distressing Traumas......................................................... 9
Deadly Hazards.................................................................................................................... 10
Being Shot at and Seeing Unclaimed Dead Bodies..................................................................11
Kidnapping and Torture for Ransom....................................................................................12
Beating and Detention by Police..........................................................................................12
Drivers and causes of flight in the eyes of returnees...............................................................14
Security driver...................................................................................................................... 14
Economic driver................................................................................................................... 14
Specific threat-related driver............................................................................................... 15
Post-deportation Challenges and prospects............................................................................15
Increasing security challenges............................................................................................. 15
Travel costs, the financial and employment status of the deportees after the flight..........16
Afghan deportees: A challenge to state legitimacy and stability?............................................17
Media campaign to mischaracterise all Afghan refugees as misled economic migrants.....18
Misrepresent the security situation.....................................................................................18
Talents and opportunities.................................................................................................... 18
Escalating violence and war................................................................................................. 19
Shrinking opportunities....................................................................................................... 19
Specific threats..................................................................................................................... 19
Mechanism of Grievances Expression.....................................................................................19
Fearing the government for collective engagement............................................................20
The government is indifferent to public pressure................................................................20
Supports peaceful actions against the government.............................................................20
Favours taking revenge from government...........................................................................20
Remains loyal to the government........................................................................................20
Conclusion..............................................................................................................................21
Table of Figures
Figure 1 Total Returns, 2014 to mid-2019....................................................................................... 9