This report provides a case study of people of Afghan origin residing in Karachi. Its aim is to inform the current policy debate and thinking concerning migration and mobility between Afghanistan and neighbouring states. The issues examined here include questions concerning conditions of migration, livelihood strategies, connections with Afghanistan, and linkages with local communities in Karachi. The case study is based on fieldwork in a number of localities in the Karachi metropolitan area. The city and its surrounding areas were amalgamated into a single “city district” under the Devolution Plan of the Government of Pakistan in 2001. At the outset, the study treated the entire area covered by the city district – as well as some suburbs beyond – as one site. A number of sub-sites were then identified as areas with a high concentration of people of Afghan origin.
Resource collections
- Evaluating humanitarian action
- Topics
- UN Habitat - Urban Response Collection
- Urban Response - Urban Crisis Preparedness and Risk Reduction
- Urban Response Collection - Community Engagement and Social Cohesion
- Urban Response Collection - Economic Recovery
- Urban Response Collection - Environment and Climate Change
- Urban Response Collection - Housing, Land and Property
- Urban Response Collection - Urban Crisis Response, Recovery and Reconstruction
- Urban Response Collection - Urban Resilience
