Democratic Republic of the Congo Situation: At a glance UNHCR Regional Update (August 2019)
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This update concerns the situation of Congolese refugees and asylum seekers in countries in the region.
886,881 Total number of refugees and asylum-seekers from the DRC.
4.5 M Internally displaced people (as at December 2017) Source: OCHA
1.1 M Planning figure of DRC refugees by December 2019.
51 Total number of Congolese refugees assisted to return in 2018
BASIC INFORMATION
POPULATION FIGURES
• The figures in this report were updated to reflect the results of continuous biometric registration and verification exercises in countries of asylum.
• The figures include additions (new arrivals and births) and subtractions (departures, deaths, no-shows during food distributions and deactivations). 2019-2020 RRRP
• UNHCR, together with 57 humanitarian and development partners launched the revised 2019-2020 Regional Refugee Response Plan (RRRP) on 30 June 2019 to help respond to the needs of Congolese refugees in Africa.
FUNDING
• The interagency 2019-2020 Regional Refugee Response Plan (RRRP) for the DRC situation received $143 million, representing only 20 per cent of the total requirements for 2019, which amount to $ 720 million.