UNHCR South Africa regional representation Représentation régionale de l'UNHCR en Afrique du Sud UNHCR's South Africa regional representation serves nine countries: Botswana, Comoros, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritius, Namibia, Seychelles, and South Africa. Together they host approximately 260,521 people of concern to UNHCR, 250,250 of whom are hosted in South Africa. Countries of origin of refugees and asylum-seekers include Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Somalia, and Zimbabwe.

In Botswana, 760 refugees and asylum-seekers live in the Dukwi Refugee camp located some 580 km from the capital Gaborone, managed by Botswana's Ministry of Defence, Justice and Security and supported by three UNHCR protection staff.

A small number of the caseload is resident in the urban areas of Gaborone and Botswana's second-largest city, Francistown. Although many Zimbabweans returned voluntarily from Botswana last year, there has been a gradual increase in the population since April 2021 due to new arrivals – including onward movers - from the African Great Lakes region.

In Namibia and Botswana, UNHCR worked with government counterparts on verification exercises for the 5,669 and 1,055 refugees and asylum-seekers in the respective countries to streamline population figures and ensure that refugees and asylum-seekers are correctly documented.

Interest in voluntary repatriation is growing, and UNHCR has supported 394 people to return safely to their countries of origin from Botswana and South Africa since the start of the year. Ending statelessness, enhancing the protection environment, and strengthening partnerships are also priorities in the region.

This activity shows details of the UNHCR South Africa regional representation for 2024 and future years including the budget, funding, expenditure and results. For specific details on the objectives of this operation, please use the document link "Strategy". Cette activité montre les détails de Afrique du Sud représentation régionale du HCR pour 2024 et les années à venir, y compris le budget, les financements, les dépenses et les résultats.  La représentation comprend les activités au Botswana, en Namibie et en Afrique du Sud et couvre également sans présence les Comores, l’Eswatini, le Lesotho, Madagascar, Maurice et les Seychelles. Pour plus de détails sur les objectifs de cette opération, merci d'utiliser le lien document "Strategy". UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organisation dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people. For specific details on the populations supported in this operation, please use the document link "Populations". Le HCR, l'Agence des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés, est une organisation internationale qui a pour mission de sauver des vies, de protéger les droits des réfugiés et de construire un avenir meilleur pour les réfugiés, les communautés déplacées et les apatrides. Pour des précisions sur les populations soutenu dans cette opération, merci d'utiliser le lien document "Populations". UNHCR's work is made possible by the generosity of its donors, including dozens of governments, hundreds of companies and their employees, and millions of private individuals who give directly or through UNHCR's National Partners.

The activities of the UNHCR South Africa regional representation are governed by the Financial Rules for Voluntary Funds Administered by the High Commissioner for Refugees.