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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, their ability to work and earn a minimum livelihood, mainly as daily wage earners, has been severely affected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response, UNHCR launched an emergency cash programme in May 2020. The programme mirrored the Government of Pakistan\u2019s Ehsaas social protection programme under which vulnerable Pakistani families receive a one-off cash grant of Rs. 12,000. UNHCR\u2019s support helped vulnerable refugee families meet their critical needs, such as food, health, education, as well as rent and transportation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UNHCR\u2019s cash assistance programme was established and rolled out in collaboration with the Ministry of States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON)\/Commissionerate for Afghan Refugees (CAR), the Pakistan Post, some partner NGOs, and a network of refugee volunteers and community leaders. Using vulnerability criteria, this volunteer refugee network supported the process of identifying the neediest refugee families, said in a Press Release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UNHCR Representative in Pakistan, Ms. Noriko Yoshida, said, \u201cCash assistance to 75,000 refugee families is about leaving no one behind, as the COVID-19 pandemic does not discriminate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWith the support of the Government of Pakistan and the international community, emergency cash assistance has made a difference in the lives of refugees during this very challenging time. The assistance has not only allowed refugees to meet their immediate needs in dignity but has also been a gesture of the solidarity,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UNHCR\u2019s emergency cash programme has supported a total of 450,000 Afghan refugees in Pakistan. 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