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Zambia: UNHCR Operational Update, October 2022

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A total of 2,180 individuals comprising 526 families were assisted to voluntarily repatriate to the DRC in October. At the end of the month, a total of 7,987 individuals in 2,179 families had repatriated since the start of the second phase of the voluntary repatriation on 18 July 2022.

18 cases/87 individuals were submitted to the USA for resettlement consideration in October. Cumulatively, 346 cases of 1,457 individuals had been submitted for resettlement consideration to the USA, Sweden, Finland, Australia,
Norway, and Canada by the end of October 2022.

A total of 1,050 PWS accessed Covid-19 testing, bringing the cumulative figure to 12,912 while 4,966 PWS received Covid-19 vaccine bring the cumulative figure to 22,072.