Democratic Republic of the Congo Situation - Regional Refugee Response Plan: Progress Report: January – June 2020
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SITUATION OVERVIEW
The 2020-2021 Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Regional Refugee Response Plan (RRRP) brings together 66 partner organizations across seven countries, requiring US$ 621.2M in 2020, to address the protection and solutions needs of Congolese refugees and asylum-seekers, along with people in host communities. As of 30 June 2020, more than 743,900 refugees and asylum-seekers from the DRC were hosted in the seven neighbouring and nearby countries that are part of the RRRP:
Angola, Burundi, Republic of the Congo, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, and Zambia. An additional 175,400 were hosted further afield in Southern Africa and elsewhere on the continent. Between January and June 2020, more than 13,750 newly displaced Congolese left the DRC to seek asylum in the region.