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World: UNHCR: Refugees in Eastern and Southern Africa remain in exile for nearly 16 years

World: UNHCR: Refugees in Eastern and Southern Africa remain in exile for nearly 16 years

Countries: World, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda . The analysis, based on UNHCR’s registration data between 2001 and 2025, shows that displacement in the region is rarely short-term. At the end of 2025, 6.4 million refugees and asylum-seekers were recorded in UNHCR’s registrati