Government in conjunction with the United Nations High Commissioner (UNHCR) has announced plans to embark on a major exercise of registering all “self-settled” Angolan refugees residing outside refugee camps and settlements.
UNHCR Country Representative James Lynch who confirmed this to ZANIS in Lusaka
today, said the exercise will also seek to register refugees from other
nationalities who have been granted permission by Government to remain in urban
areas, notably Lusaka.
Mr. Lynch explained that the registration exercise will allow Government and the
UNHCR to update statistics on the specific characteristics of the refugee
population, including age, gender, place of origin, marital status and other
details.
“The registration exercise for Angolan and other refugees outside camps is important
for the Government and UNHCR to enable us know their profile, and to plan better for
their assistance, protection needs and possible durable solutions”, said Mr. Lynch
And Home Affairs Permanent Secretary Peter Mumba said the registration would be
conducted in a phased manner, starting with refugees in urban areas, such as Lusaka,
commencing on August 30, 2007.
Mr. Mumba has since directed that all authorized urban refugees in Lusaka should
register at the Commissioner for Refugees Office, where they will be provided with a
new refugee identity document.
He said as of September 10, 2007, the registration exercise will move on to the
Copperbelt, Central, Western and North western Provinces.
The registration exercise is being undertaken under the Strengthening of Protection
Capacity Project (SPCP), a Danish funded programme.
Zambia hosts about 114,000 refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),
Angola, Rwanda, Burundi and Somalia in camps and settlements, including those who
are self-settled.
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