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Refugees & Asylum Seekers in the Southern African Region JSON 
1,054,622
Last updated 30 Sep 2020
Source - UNHCR, Government 
Refugees & Asylum Seekers JSON 
Age & Gender
Source - UNHCR, Government
Refugees & Asylum Seekers JSON 
Arrival Trends
Refugees & Ayslum Seekers JSON 
Breakdown by Country
Location name Source Data date Population
Angola UNHCR, Government 30 Sep 2020
  5.3% 		55,835
Botswana UNHCR 30 Sep 2020
  0.1% 		1,020
Democratic Republic of the Congo UNHCR, Government 30 Sep 2020
  50.0% 		527,774
Eswatini UNHCR 30 Sep 2020
  0.2% 		2,012
Lesotho UNHCR 30 Sep 2020
  0.0% 		375
Madagascar UNHCR 30 Sep 2020
  0.0% 		314
Malawi UNHCR, Government 30 Sep 2020
  1.7% 		17,488
Mauritius UNHCR 30 Sep 2020
  0.0% 		22
Mozambique UNHCR, Government 30 Sep 2020
  4.6% 		48,087
Namibia UNHCR 30 Sep 2020
  0.5% 		5,535
Republic of the Congo UNHCR, Government 30 Sep 2020
  3.8% 		39,853
South Africa UNHCR 30 Sep 2020
  25.3% 		266,694
Zambia UNHCR, Government 30 Sep 2020
  6.5% 		68,620
Zimbabwe UNHCR, Government 30 Sep 2020
  2.0% 		20,933

IDP in Southern African Region JSON 
6,080,889
Last updated 31 Aug 2020
Source - UNHCR, IOM, Government 
IDP JSON 
Breakdown by Country
Location name Source Data date Population
Democratic Republic of the Congo UNHCR, IOM, Government 31 Jul 2020
  85.5% 		5,197,459
Mozambique UNHCR 31 Aug 2020
  5.1% 		309,000
Republic of the Congo 31 Aug 2020
  5.0% 		304,430
Zimbabwe 31 Aug 2020
  4.4% 		270,000

Returned IDP JSON 
1,938,223
Last updated 31 Aug 2020
Source - IOM 
Returned IDP JSON 
Breakdown by Country
Location name Source Data date Population
Democratic Republic of the Congo IOM 31 Aug 2020
  100.0% 		1,938,223

Returnees JSON 
23,248
Last updated 31 Aug 2020
Source - UNHCR, Government 
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      ©UNHCR/Eduardo Burmeister, December 2019

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      ©UNHCR/Hélène Caux, February 2020

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      ©UNHCR/Hélène Caux, February 2020

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