The United Nations Refugee Agency Zambia office says it requires about 3.5 million dollars to manage the influx of refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in northern parts of Zambia.
UNHCR said the cost of managing the influx of DRC asylum seekers was likely to increase because of the continuous arrival of people.
UNHCR Zambia Communications Manager Kelvin Shimoh said the funds that have been made available are not adequate to manage the crisis.
He said the country, has so far received over 6,000 asylum seekers from the DRC since January, with August recording the highest number of arrivals.
The asylum seekers are being kept at a housing centre in Nchelenge district where they are being provided with basic necessities.
Thats only the price of 3 Fire tenders according to PF valuations!!
A million dollars seems doesn’t go very far these days ? The first refugee influx in the 1960s cost just half of this amount.