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35,200 Individuals
Refugees from DRC in neighbouring countries
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Population

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Refugees from DRC in neighbouring countries

475,506



Demography
Male (49%) Age (51%) Female
9% 0 - 4 9%
12% 5 - 11 12%
8% 12 - 17 8%
18% 18 - 59 21%
1% 60 + 2%

Registered Refugees in DRC

449,764


DRC refugees who have returned to DRC since 1 January 2011

42,454


  Registered Refugees in DRC by Date

  DRC Refugees by Country of Asylum

Country Total Population    
Uganda
01 Nov 2016
224,098
Individuals
47.1 %
Rwanda
30 Nov 2016
73,092
Individuals
15.4 %
Tanzania
17 Oct 2016
62,505
Individuals
13.1 %
Burundi
01 Oct 2016
54,932
Individuals
11.6 %
Kenya
01 Sep 2016
27,485
Individuals
5.8 %
South Sudan
30 Nov 2016
14,477
Individuals
3 %
Congo (Brazaville)
01 Oct 2016
12,223
Individuals
2.6 %
Central African Republic
30 Sep 2016
4,887
Individuals
1 %
Ethiopia
31 Oct 2016
1,011
Individuals
0.2 %
Sudan
30 Sep 2016
796
Individuals
0.2 %

   Latest Documents

DRC Refugee's situation
Report Date: 30/11/2016
Description
Montly DRC Refugees Statistics
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DRC Factsheet Map
Report Date: 30/11/2016
Description
Montly DRC Refugees map
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Population Statistics UNHCR RWANDA, November 2016
Report Date: 08/12/2016
Description
Population Statistics UNHCR RWANDA, November 2016
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Montly DRC Refugees Statistics
Report Date: 31/10/2016
Description
Montly DRC Refugees Statistics report.
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  Highlights

 As of 31 August 2016 UNHCR registered 27,250 South Sudanese refugees in eastern DRC - with more arrivals to be expected as the South Sudanese crisis deepens
31 Aug 2016
As of 21 april 2015, 2,740 burundian asylum seekers have crossed the border and are in the territory of Uvira (97 %) and Fizi (3 %).
23 Apr 2015
The number of Burundian refugees in Rwanda has now reached over 10,000 with 4,300 of them having been registered by UNHCR.
22 Apr 2015
On 8th April 2015, UNHCR Rwanda started the registration of Burundian Asylum Seekers fleeing conflict. 2,341 asylum seekers received so far.
08 Apr 2015
As the current number of CAR refugees in the DRC has surpassed 90,000, UNHCR has officially opened a fifth CAR refugee camp near Bili in Equateur Province.
12 Mar 2015
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  News

Filippo Grandi: “Data is at the heart good decision-making”
22 Dec 2016
Filippo Grandi: “Data is at the heart good decision-making” On 12 December 2016, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, visited Diffa region in Niger. Here, the forcibly displaced population is spread across more than 100 sites in a stretch of arable land along the border with...
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