Stronger Border - Outcome 1

Border Forces and engagement with communities

What measures have been taken Outcome 3: Outcome 1: Outcome 2: Increased Reduced Stronger grievances 115 border guards (94 women) were trained border employment and income and better integration Meetings between community members and Border Guards in Khatlon

Young Friend of Border Guards’ clubs

Construction of Border Management Coordination Councils facilities

Result

Border service improvement experienced 16 districts located along by 90% of Afghans crossing the border the Afghan border Communities cooperating with border guards on warning and preventing crime issues Khatlon: Dusti, Qubodiyon, Shahrituz, N. Khusrav, , Jayhun, Farkhor, GBAO - Increased trust and respect Khamadoni, Sh. Shohin Khatlon - Understanding of Border Guards’ duties - Enhanced cooperation and mutual understanding GBAO: Darvoz, , , Shughnon, Afghanistan , Roshtqala, Ishkoshim.

Over 1 million Over 250,000 Every third migrant entries of Tajik banned from experiences intense stress labour migrants re-enterng and every fourth has recorded by Russia Russian serious health problems Distribution: welding, barber seeds, bees, shop, transportation, greenhouses, Increased employment and income - Outcome 2 tailoring, etc. cultivator, etc.

Result Agriculture 176 grants distributed, 300 jobs created, 18% more than 2400 vocational trainings oil press, cotton Services processing, etc. 58% Processing 75% of grantees opened successful 17% businesses,

Production Graduates found jobs or used obtained 7% brick making, bakery, skills to earn a stable income carpentry, doors and windows, etc.

Reduced grievances and better integration - Outcome 3

What was done Results in numbers reintegration planning 6005 participants to the sessions sessions for returned migrants with re-entry bans Capacity building of 32 Migration Services Referral support for legal staff, including 8 national specialists that advice, health support, RPL, improved case management and psychological issues consultation skills.

Migration Services staff trained on case 8,607 migrants checked their re-entry management and safe bans between April 2019 to March 2020. migration

Online engagement and 8 Mahallah sub-committees on migration awareness-raising on safe facilitated, to address the issues raised by migration migration at the village level

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