Zambia is currently providing asylum to refugees from Angola and the Great Lakes Region - DRC, Burundi and Rwanda. The latest survey in Mwange camp reported that the nutritional and health situation of these refugees is not critical (category IIc).
Asia - Selected Situations
The most recent overview of the numbers of refugees and displaced people in Asia (as of end of 1998) estimates that there are 4.7 million refugees on the continent. Over 1.2 million of these were Afghans in Pakistan and Iran (1.4 million). There are reported to be 580,000 Iraqis in Iran. Comprehensive figures on the number of displaced in Asia are unavailable but are certainly in the millions.
This section of the report gives updated information on some of these situations. The current nutritional situation of the Afghan refugees/displaced persons is described. Information on the Bhutanese refugees in Nepal and refugees from Myanmar in Bangladesh is also included. There is also information on the situation of various displaced groups in Indonesia, although this section is not comprehensive.
