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Refugees & Asylum Seekers in the Southern African Region JSON 
1,013,548
Last updated 28 Feb 2021
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Refugees & Asylum Seekers JSON 
Age & Gender
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Refugees & Asylum Seekers JSON 
Arrival Trends
Refugees & Ayslum Seekers JSON 
Breakdown by Country
Location name Source Data date Population
Angola UNHCR, Government 31 Jan 2021
  5.4% 		56,048
Botswana UNHCR 31 Jan 2021
  0.1% 		917
Democratic Republic of the Congo UNHCR, Government 31 Jan 2021
  48.0% 		500,117
Eswatini UNHCR 31 Jan 2021
  0.2% 		1,765
Lesotho UNHCR 31 Jan 2021
  0.0% 		467
Madagascar UNHCR 31 Jan 2021
  0.0% 		311
Malawi UNHCR, Government 31 Jan 2021
  4.6% 		48,315
Mauritius UNHCR 31 Jan 2021
  0.0% 		22
Mozambique UNHCR, Government 31 Jan 2021
  2.6% 		27,215
Namibia UNHCR 31 Jan 2021
  0.6% 		5,854
Republic of the Congo UNHCR, Government 31 Jan 2021
  3.9% 		40,811
South Africa UNHCR 31 Jan 2021
  25.6% 		266,694
Zambia UNHCR, Government 28 Feb 2021
  6.9% 		72,102
Zimbabwe UNHCR, Government 31 Jan 2021
  2.0% 		21,176

IDP in Southern African Region JSON 
5,998,131
Last updated 31 Jan 2021
Source - UNHCR, IOM, Government 
IDP JSON 
Breakdown by Country
Location name Source Data date Population
Democratic Republic of the Congo UNHCR, IOM, Government 31 Jan 2021
  86.7% 		5,198,131
Mozambique UNHCR, IOM 31 Jan 2021
  8.8% 		530,000
Zimbabwe 31 Jan 2021
  4.5% 		270,000

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    More than a million children are born in our country each year and are issued birth certificates. But estimates are that another 100 000 children are not registered at birth in South Africa, setting them up for a lifetime of exclusion, disadvantage, and de facto statelessness Read more

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    • Deputy Director for UNHCR Southern Africa Bureau, Angele Dikongue-Atangana, visiting relocation IDPs site in Nanjua, Ancuabe and meeting with internally displaced and host communities.
      © UNHCR/Deiliany de Souza December 2020

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      © UNHCR/Deiliany Souza

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      © UNHCR/Juliana Ghazi

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