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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

491,138



Demography
Male (48%) Age (52%) Female
7% 0 - 4 7%
11% 5 - 11 11%
8% 12 - 17 9%
21% 18 - 59 24%
1% 60 + 2%

Registered Refugees in DRC

473,376


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 Sep 2017
225,755
Individuals
46 %
Rwanda
31 Aug 2017
73,516
Individuals
15 %
Tanzania
17 Oct 2016
62,505
Individuals
12.7 %
Burundi
30 Apr 2017
61,427
Individuals
12.5 %
Kenya
31 Aug 2017
34,451
Individuals
7 %
South Sudan
28 Feb 2017
14,477
Individuals
2.9 %
Congo (Brazaville)
31 May 2017
12,280
Individuals
2.5 %
Central African Republic
31 Jan 2017
4,110
Individuals
0.8 %
Sudan
26 Jan 2017
1,583
Individuals
0.3 %
Ethiopia
31 Dec 2016
1,034
Individuals
0.2 %

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Population Statistics -UNHCR Rwanda August 2017
Report Date: 15/09/2017
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Population Statistics -UNHCR Rwanda July 2017
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Population Statistics -UNHCR Rwanda June 2017
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Population Statistics -UNHCR Rwanda May 2017
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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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