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Situation in Central African Republic, DTM Monthly Dashboard #28 (January 2025)

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As of January 2025, 4,037,554 individuals were affected, including 469,342 internally displaced persons (12% of the displaced population), 2,309,365 returnees former IDPs (57%), 539,800 returnees from abroad (13%) and 719,047 refugees (18%). In the CAR, the largest displaced population consists of former IDP returnees. Refugees from the CAR are primarily hosted by Cameroon (281,488 individuals, or 42% of the refugees), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) (206,254 individuals, or 31% of the refugees) and Chad (137,683 individuals, or 20% of the refugees). Nonetheless, 10,058 refugees from the Central African Republic are still living in Sudan (2% of the refugees). The country is also home for refugees from neighbouring countries, hosting a total of 45,588 refugees coming from Sudan (31,282 individuals), the DRC (6,469 individuals), Chad (4,978 individuals) and South Soudan (2,859 individuals).