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Monthly Statistics of Refugees and Asylum Seekers

as of 31 january 2024 - Page 1

Registered Refugees and Asylum-Seekers in DRC

Key Figures
526 581 523 426 3 155 225 517 178
Asylum Seekers Refugees and Asylum Seekers Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Refugees and Asylum Seekers Registered Refugees biometrics registered Registered in 2024

Situation Overview

The refugee population in the DRC is 523,426. Registration activities continue, and data cleansing is ongoing at the various sites. 3,155
asylum seekers were registered at the begining of the year, awaiting recognition. No repatriations to or from the DRC have been
observed, although 125 people were resettled in January.

Refugee Population by Country of Origin Réfugiee by type

Age and Gender of Refugee Population
of location
CAR* 113536 98237

Rwanda** 105566 101683

60 years+ 9573 8657 393 035
25035
South sudan 28278 75% Rural
18-59 years 116144 91593
Burundi 24289
25565
12-17 years 50039 50241 391 122 794
Rep. of Congo
269 23.5%
In settlements
05-11 years 67760 69148 Others*** 317 Female Male
260
29958 30313 * Central African Republic
00-04 years
** 131,739 is the number of Rwandan refugees in the DRC registered by the DRC government 7 597
1.5%
52% 48% not yet biometrically verified. Urban
Female Male
***: Angola, Sudan, Uganda, Somalia, Côte d'Ivoire, Eritrea, Syria, Liberia, Chad, Sierra Leone,

cameroun, Nigeria, Mali, Senegal

Refugee Population by Province in DRC

80909 30010
54468 24538 19011 19438
41532 23793 22138 5665 4391
Male Female
83374 59564 6161 3674
44760 *****:Haut-Katanga (2369), Kinshasa (957), Lualaba (938),

Lomami 848), Kongo-Central (757), Maniema (613),

Nord-Kivu Nord Sud-Kivu Bas-Uele Sud Ubangi Haut-Uele Ituri Others*****
Ubangi Tanganyika (872), Equateur (362), Tshuapa (14) et Kasaï-

Oriental(16).

Location of refugee population in DRC Asylum Seekers Population by Country of Origin

55K
114K
43K 42K 1150

12K
253 121 102 73
1067 61 128 85 42 43
362 30
164K
Burundi Somalie SSD* Rwanda Others** RCA
14 *South Sudan

**Central African Republic, Angola, Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Chad, Syria, Mali,
86K
613 Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Sudan, etc.
957

757
Asylum Seekers Population by Province in DRC

848 Sud-Kivu 1115 1016

872
Haut-Katanga 355 126
16
118
Haut-Uele 126
Nord-Kivu 58
53
940 2686
Kinshasa 57
36
35 ****** :Tanganyika(5),Lualaba (1),
Nord Ubangi 24 Tshopo(1), KongoCentral(1)
20
Others****** 16
The boundaries and names used on this map do not imply official acceptance by the United Nations.
Creation date: January 31, 2024 Sources: UNHCR/CNR Feedback: codkidrcdima@unhcr.org 1 Refugees and asylum seekers aged 5 years and over, representing 55% of the total population.
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Refugees and Asylum Seekers in RDC

Refugees in settlement Refugees in the developpement pole Urban refugees
Lusenda 13712 12779
Location F M Total Location F M Total
Meri 13325 11864  
wenze 3797 2662 6459 Goma 1421 1293 2714
Inke 9727 8893 Modale 3317 2880 6197 Lubumbashi 1061 1308 2369
Mole 6190 4888 sidi 3257 3130 6387 Bukavu 855 702 1557
Nzakara 4767 3906 8673 Kinshasa 463 494 957
Mulongwe 6057 5621
Total 15138 12578 27716 Total 3800 3797 7597
BILI 5177 5278
Boyabu 4911 4045
Biringi 3247
3329
1593 F: Female M: Male
Bele
1528
Mboti 367
263

Repatriation situation in the DRC at january 31 2024

Situation of resettlement 2024
Number of refugees repatriated from the DRC
Nationality/resettlem #Ind.Reinstalled
During the month we recorded no cases of repatriation inside or
ent country
Country of origin 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023  outside the country. Screening operations for returnees and the
 COB 91
South Sudan 3 0 collection of intentions to return are continuing in the various offices.
USA 91
Rep. of Congo 3 5 1 Burundi 20
Burundi 101 1943 7296 3474 4517 USA 20 In 2023, 418 individual cases were submitted for resettlement and 16
Rwanda 2136 922 1920 2451 1924 RCA 10 people left for resettlement.
RCA 3137 2061 5021 3350 2328 USA 10
Total 5377 4931 14237 9278 8770 MZ: Mozambique, RSA: South africa , RCA: central African Republic ,
Eritrea 3
SW: Swaziland , MDG: Madagascar , USA: United States , COB: Rép.of
USA 3
Congo
RDC 1
Total 125 Others: Bostwana(1),Lesotho(1),Mali(1),MDG(1),MZ(1), Nigeria(2),

Togo(1)

A) Person with specific needs

Woman at risk 11131
Single parent 4584 568
Serious medical condition 4473 1672
Older person at risk 4210 2551
Child at risk 2473 1809
Disability 2015 2324
Specific legal and physical prot… 1724 1191
Female Male
Unaccompanied or separated c… 1423 1333
Gender-based violence 521
Family unity 60
39
Torture 83
15

B) Top 5 Occupation
C) Pocs enrolled in the national education system
6154 3008
9181 (2023 national report)
Occupation
Farmer-fisher-hunter 23319 13940
14994

Sales/Marketing 10620
9495
Worker-Agriculture

Worker-Agriculture Forestr…
Female Male
Worker-Forest, fishing hunt…
70915 Children affected by Chilren affected by
D) Documentation UNHCR's interventions UNHCR's interventions
394769
in primary school at secondary level
D) Documentation (issued by the Government):
131739 E) Situation of refugee children of school age(6-17years)
50296

Persons documented Undocumented people People with CIREs 84357 169615 85258

Creation date: January 31, 2024 Sources: UNHCR/CNR Feedback: codkidrcdima@unhcr.org Male Female