00:00Mali is facing mounting humanitarian pressure with hundreds of thousands of people seeking
00:06safety inside its borders. As of September 30th, the country was hosting 322,584 refugees
00:16and asylum seekers, alongside 414,524 internally displaced people. But that's not all. Nearly
00:2691,000 people have returned to Mali, while more than 343 Malians remain refugees abroad.
00:33The latest figures, presented in the UNHCR Executive Committee in Geneva,
00:40reveal a worsening regional crisis. Compared with August, the number of asylum seekers and
00:46refugees in Mali rose by more than 5,300. Across Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger,
00:53nearly 4 million people have been displaced, according to the UN Refugee Agency.
00:59In central Mali, the Koro region alone was sheltering around 86,000 refugees from Burkina Faso at the
01:06end of July. Malian authorities say they are making efforts to support voluntary repatriation.
01:11leaving the knowledge of HIV-IT workers out of Namibu have been displaced.
