UNHCR operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

About this project

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is home to over 529,000 refugees and asylum-seekers who have fled violence in neighbouring countries, mainly the Central African Republic, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan. The majority (72%) live outside refugee camps or settlements, and only 3% live in urban areas. Due to high levels of insecurity and large-scale violence against civilians, some 5.6 million Congolese are internally displaced in the DRC, with over 4 million in the eastern provinces of South Kivu, North Kivu and Ituri alone. Over 990,000 refugees and asylum-seekers from the DRC are currently sheltered across the African continent. The UNHCR DRC Country Office provides protection and assistance for all those forced to flee and the people at risk of statelessness within the country. UNHCR works in close collaboration with the Government to find long-term solutions to forced displacement and strengthen refugees' self-reliance, internally displaced and host communities. Read more about what is happening in DRC: - UN Refugee Agency expresses alarm over escalating humanitarian crisis in eastern DR Congo (February 2024) - UNHCR urges protection of civilians and aid access amid surging violence in eastern DR Congo (February 2024). This activity shows details of the UNHCR operation in the Republic of the Congo for 2025 and future years including the budget, funding, expenditure and results. For further details on the objectives of this operation, please use the document link "Strat…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 1No Poverty
• 3Good Health and Well-being
• 4Quality Education
• 5Gender Equality
• 6Clean Water and Sanitation
• 8Decent Work and Economic Growth
• 10Reduced Inequalities
• 11Sustainable Cities and Communities
• 16Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
• 17Partnerships for the Goals

Published by

Haut-Commissaire des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés (HCR) · Multilateral

Countries

Congo - Kinshasa

Sectors

Relief co-ordination and support servicesBasic Health Care Services in EmergenciesMaterial relief assistance and servicesEducation in emergencies

Focus

Gender equality · Also contributes

Funded by

Australia for UNHCR, Canada - Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada, China (Government of), España con ACNUR, European Commission - Humanitarian Aid & Civil Protection, European Commission - Service for Foreign Policy Instruments, Finland - Ministry for Foreign Affairs, France - Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Germany - Federal Foreign Office, Japan for UNHCR, Liechtenstein (Government of), Mastercard Foundation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Defence, Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Private donors, Sweden for UNHCR, Sweden, through Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), Switzerland - Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Switzerland for UNHCR, UN Pooled Funds

Published by Haut-Commissaire des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés (HCR) to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 8 Oct 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-DAC-41121-2025-SA-COD.

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