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February 26, 2019
TheZambian government has appealed for increased funding from humanitarian anddevelopment donor countries to support the refugee operations across thecountry in 2019.
Whilerevealing that there has been no major influx of refugees coming into thecountry, Commissioner for Refugees in the Ministry of Home Affairs, AbdonMwere, said the numbers had gone up between 2017 till date, with the number ofnew arrivals averaging 700 asylum seekers per month.
Hesaid more funding was required to provide critical humanitarian assistance to therefugees as well as the host communities, adding that critical needs range fromfood, shelter, infrastructure as well social services in various refugee campsdotted across the southern African nation.
InJanuary alone, a total of 1, 162 refugees and asylum seekers have been receivedin Zambia with 1, 056 from the Democratic Republic of Congo , he said in arelease.
Headded that the country received a total of 9,371 refugees in 2018, with themajority from the DRC