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STORY: PAKISTAN / GRANDI VISIT
TRT: 1:53
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTION: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / PASHTO / NATS
DATELINE: 08 SEPTERMBER 2018, PAKESTAN
1. Close up, Sama, a 40 days old baby
2. Med shot, Sama with her parents
3. Wide shot, Sama’s family with great grandmother
4. SOUNDBITE (Pashto) Sama’s great grandmother:
“We could not survive.”
5. Wide shot, great grand-mother in her wheelchair
6. SOUNDBITE (Pashto) Norsia, Afghan Returnee:
“I want to go back because it is my home country.”
7. Various shots, Grandi and actress Mahira Khan listening to UNHCR staff
8. Various shots, Afghans waiting at VRC (Voluntary Repatriation Centre)
9. Various shots, Sulaiman with his teacher working on an engine
10. Med shot, Sulaiman receiving his diploma from the High Commissioner
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Sulaiman, Afghan Student:
“We’re not very happy to go back there because the situation is still bad in Afghanistan.”
12. Close up, old Afghan man
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees:
“I also met many people, including young people, who said the moment of that decision has not come yet. When you ask why, they always mention security as the first fear.”
14. Various shots, Afghan family walking away with great grand-mother
During his trip to Pakistan, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi met with Afghan refugees at a voluntary repatriation centre where UNHCR is helping with their repatriation.
So far this year, nearly 10,000 Afghan refugees living in Pakistan have decided to return home – some after being away for nearly 40 years.
Sama is only 40 days old. Her parents, born in Pakistan, are taking her home. Her great-grandmother, who fled Afghanistan 39 years ago is coming back with them too.
SOUNDBITE (Pashto) Norsia, Afghan Returnee:
“I want to go back because it is my home country.”
Suliman was a baby when his parents died in a suicide attack in Afghanistan. His grandparents took him to Pakistan and now the 23-year-old Afghan refugee is studying auto mechanics, a skill he can use to find work.
However he is not ready to go back to Afghanistan.
SOUNDBITE (English) Sulaiman, Afghan Student:
“We’re not very happy to go back there because the situation is still bad in Afghanistan.”
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi together with Pakistani actress Mahira Khan met with some of the returnees at the repatriation centre.
SOUNDBITE (English) Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees:
“I also met many people, including young people, who said the moment of that decision has not come yet. When you ask why, they always mention security as the first fear.”
According to UNHCR, after reaching Afghanistan, returnees receive a cash grant of approximately US$200 per person upon arrival at one of the three UNHCR encashment centres in Afghanistan. This helps them with transport, shelter and food. The voluntary repatriation programme resumed on 1 March
2018 after a break due to the winter. So far in 2018, UNHCR has facilitated the voluntary repatriation of almost 10,000 to Afghanistan, including families who had been in Pakistan for nearly 40 years.
