PAKISTAN POINT OF ENTRY ANALYSIS COVID-19

Funded by the DTM REMAP European Union MARCH - OCTOBER 2020

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic at the beginning of the year has affected global and regional mobility, including mobility in Pakistan, through various travel disruptions and restrictions.

To better understand how the pandemic affects global mobility, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) developed an online tool and database to register points of entry, exit and transit - such as airports and land and blue border crossing points - where mobility restrictions and preparedness and response measures are in place. To support these efforts, over a period of eight months, the Displacement Tracking Matrix Regional Evidence for Migration Analysis and Policy (DTM REMAP) team in Pakistan mapped and gathered data on the locations, statuses and restrictions at Points of Entry (PoE) in Pakistan.

The information gathered allows more in-depth analysis to uncover specific trends related to the locations, statuses and restrictions of PoEs in Pakistan.

In October 2020, the DTM REMAP team in Pakistan assessed 17 PoEs. The most common type of PoE reported was airports (9), followed by land borders (6) and blue borders (2). Internal transit points are not taken into account for analysis in this snapshot.

During the reporting period, the number of assessed PoEs in Pakistan increased from 16 to 171 PoEs. The status of the PoEs changed notably. None of the PoEs were fully operational at the beginning of the assessment, but 12 PoEs were by October 2020.

ASSESSED POES BY TYPE (AS OF OCTOBER 2020) 6 2 Land borders Blue borders

17Points of entry 0 were assessed in 9 Internal October 2020. Airports transit points

LOCATIONS AND STATUSES OF POES (AS OF OCTOBER 2020) Legend Khunjerab Border Point International border Province border Point of entry District border

Land border Line of control Jammu Disputed border Airport KHYBER Torkham Border Point PAKHTUNKHWA & Blue border Districts Kashmir Islamabad International Airport Bacha Khan International Airport

Operational status PoE Sialkot International Airport ISLAMABAD Fully operational

Partially operational Kartarpur Corridor Wagah Border Point Fully closed PUNJAB Allama Iqbal International Airport Chaman Border Point

Quetta International Airport Faisalabad International Airport

Multan International Airport BALOCHISTAN

Taftan Border Boint

SINDH Disclaimer: Dotted line represents approximately the line of control in Jammu and Kashmir agreed upon by India Jinnah International Airport and Pakistan. The final status of Jammu and Kashmir has not yet been agreed upon the parties. The Karachi Port designations employed and the presentation of material on this map do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsover on the part of IOM or United Nations concerning the legal status of any Gwadar International Airport Bin Qasim Port country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Contact: [email protected] 1Number only represents land borders, airports and blue borders. POINT OF ENTRY ANALYSIS COVID-19 Funded by the European Union DTM REMAP MARCH - OCTOBER 2020 Operational status PoE Timeline COVID-19 cases PAKISTAN Fully operational Confirmed COVID-19 cases Partially operational Source confirmed COVID-19 cases: Timeline of confirmed national COVID-19 cases (weekly change), status of PoEs and Fully closed World Health Organization (WHO) country-level mobility restrictions Unknown status 50,000 75

40,000 60 Number of assessed PoEs

30,000 45

20,000 30

17 16 16 16 16 16 16

Number of confirmed COVID-19 cases (weekly change) cases (weekly COVID-19 Number of confirmed 10,000 1 3 15 8 10 10 12 5 13 13

3 3 7 8 2 0 3 3 3 3 3 0 March April May June July August September October 23 February 22-25 March Border closure with Iran 22 June 1 October Complete lockdown Last phase of (Islamic Republic of) Torkham border crossing 21 August in all provinces. re-opens six days per week Chaman border the reopening After 25 March, all 9 May 2 March Government for business and regular crossing opens for of educational Government closes provinces move to decides to end migrants all kinds of traffic institutons Chaman border crossing partial lockdown lockdown in 20 June 10 August 29 October 13 March phases Partial resumption End of COVID-19 Mandatory use of Government decides to close 21 March state of emergency facemasks to tackle Government suspends of international remaining borders and lockdown second wave international flights flights Disclaimer: This document was produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The views Contact: [email protected] expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the offcial opinion of the European Union. 2