🇲🇱 Mali hosts 322,584 refugees and asylum seekers

Mali was hosting 322,584 refugees and asylum seekers as of September 30, 2026, alongside 414,524 internally displaced people, according to figures presented at the UNHCR Executive Committee in Geneva. The total number of refugees and asylum seekers in the country rose by more than 5,300 compared with August. Nearly 91,000 people have returned to Mali, while more than 343,000 Malians remain refugees abroad.

UNHCR said nearly four million people have been displaced across Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. In central Mali, the Koro region was sheltering around 86,000 refugees from Burkina Faso at the end of July, while Malian authorities said they were supporting voluntary repatriation, refugee reception and the reintegration of returnees.

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