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Chapter III – Refugee Situations in Focus
2014 (hereafter referred to as ‘PGRN
2014’) envisages resettlement from
Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania,
Zambia and Malawi, totalling 13,390
refugees. 19
Most of the Congolese refugees
have lived in protracted situations
in camps, settlements (Uganda) and
urban situations, many for over 17
years. The majority of refugees are
of Banyarwanda backgrounds (Tutsi,
Hutu or Banyamulenge) and most
are children under the age of 18. The
average household size is estimated
to be 5.5 individuals; and considerable
numbers of Congolese refugees have
not received any formal education
and have worked in agriculture. The
population consists of large numbers
of single parents/single mothers and
a large proportion of Women At Risk
(WAR), persons with medical needs,
including various trauma and SGBV
survivors and unaccompanied or separated
children. 20
The large majority of the Congolese refugees
are resettled to the United States.
In Europe, Sweden 21 and Denmark plan
to resettle DRC refugees from Uganda
within their 2013 annual quotas, Belgium
19 UNHCR Projected Global Resettlement Needs
2014. Uganda (15,000), Tanzania (15,000), Rwanda
(13,300), Burundi (10,000), Zambia (4,091) and
Malawi (1,131). See also UNHCR & ATCR 2013 Fact
Sheet on priority situations for the strategic use of
resettlement.
20 Source: UNHCR & 2013 ATCR
21 Swedish Migration Board, Continued Focus on the
Horn of Africa in Sweden’s Quota Selections for
2013, February 2013
has pledged to resettle Congolese
from Burundi, Finland will resettle 150
Congolese refugees from Southern
Africa (Malawi and Zambia), and the
Netherlands will resettle Congolese
refugees from Rwanda and Uganda. 22
The profiles show that the refugees will
require considerable attention when they
will arrive in their new countries, and that
reception and integration programmes
will need to address vulnerabilities.
1.2. Somali refugees in Kenya and
Ethiopia
Kenya and Ethiopia currently host
492,046 and 240,086 Somali refugees,
respectively. 23 The majority of these
fled following the 1991 collapse of the
Somali government and the ensuing
civil war and humanitarian crisis. In
2011, Somali refugee arrivals into
Kenya and Ethiopia increased significantly
due to the combined effects of
drought, famine and ongoing insecurity
in Somalia.
In Kenya, refugees registered by UNHCR
live in camps. Nearly half a million are
located in Dadaab refugee camp, originally
designed to accommodate not
more than 160,000 refugees but which
now constitutes a small ‘camp-city’,
and a further 101,000 in Kakuma camp.
Approximately 96% of all refugees in
22 For more information about the European national
resettlement quotas, see chapter VI.
23 UNHCR, registered Somali Refugee Population as of
17 May 2013