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The Democratic Republic of the Congo is home to over 529,000 refugees and asylum-seekers who have fled violence in neighbouring countries, mainly the Central African Republic, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan. The majority (72%) live outside refugee camps or settlements, and only 3% live in urban areas.
Due to high levels of insecurity and large-scale violence against civilians, some 5.6 million Congolese are internally displaced in the DRC, with over 4 million in the eastern provinces of South Kivu, North Kivu and Ituri alone. Over 990,000 refugees and asylum-seekers from the DRC are currently sheltered across the African continent.
The UNHCR DRC Country Office provides protection and assistance for all those forced to flee and the people at risk of statelessness within the country. UNHCR works in close collaboration with the Government to find long-term solutions to forced displacement and strengthen refugees' self-reliance, internally displaced and host communities.
Read more about what is happening in DRC:
- UNHCR gravely concerned by worsening violence and humanitarian crisis in eastern DR Congo (January 2025)
- Escalating violence in eastern DR Congo displaces more than 230,000 since start of year (January 2025)
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