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 reveal a worsening regional
00:42crisis. Compared with August, the number of asylum seekers and refugees in Mali rose by
00:48more than 5,300. Across Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, nearly 4 million people have been
00:55displaced, according to the UN Refugee Agency. In central Mali, the Koro region alone was
01:02sheltering around 86,000 refugees from Burkina Faso at the end of July. Malian authorities
01:08say they are making efforts to support voluntary repatriation.
