Joint statement by UNHCR and OPM on preliminary results of refugee verification exercise

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Joint statement by UNHCR and OPM on preliminary results of refugee verification exercise

UNHCR Africa, 09 Nov 2018

URL: http://www.unhcr.org/afr/news/press/2018/11/5be4016a4/joint-statement-by-unhcr-and-opm-on-preliminary-results-of-refugee-verification.html
By the end of the verification exercise 1,092,213 individuals have been verified as present representing 76 per cent of the initial target. During the verification exercise, OPM continued to attend to the ongoing emergency and registered new arrivals in all settlements and at transit centers along the borders, using the new biometric registration system.