Mozambique has 32,000 refugees and asylum seekers from other countries, and in Cabo Delgado alone the violence caused the displacement of 834,000 people from their areas of residence.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates that there are more than a million people displaced from their areas of residence in Mozambique, according to the latest data release from the country.
Armed violence in Cabo Delgado is responsible for the majority of the displaced, some 834,000, while Cyclone Freddy, which hit Mozambique twice between February and March, forced 184,000 people to seek refuge.
The number of people displaced by the conflict in Cabo Delgado has tended to decrease since November 2022, while the number of people who have already returned to their areas of origin continues to increase and is currently around 420,000 people.
There are still 129,000 people who never returned to their areas of residence after Cyclone Idai in 2019. In addition to the internally displaced, Mozambique also has 32,000 refugees and asylum seekers from other countries..
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The data was collected up to April in the document released on the United Nations humanitarian network (Reliefweb) on Saturday.
UNHCR is one of the United Nations organizations that reveals a systematic lack of financing of operations in Mozambique: the fact sheet on the country says that only a quarter of the 2023 budget of 47.4 million dollars (44 million dollars) is assured. of euros).
In addition to providing protection and assistance to internally displaced persons and refugees from other countries, actions that are at the heart of the organization’s activity, UNHCR’s objective in Mozambique is to “support efforts to prepare for and respond to natural disasters, including cyclones, floods and droughts”.
The High Commission notes that “all return movements of refugees and internally displaced persons must be carried out in an informed and safe manner.voluntary and dignified.
“UNHCR is intensifying its engagement with development and peacebuilding actors to ultimately support the inclusion of displaced populations,” he concludes.
Source: Observadora
