As of May 23, 2023, more than 20,457 households, comprising more than 125,227 people, have returned to their places of origin,” Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachimson said on Tuesday. Kyélem de Tambèla, during his speech on the situation of the Nation.
“Thanks to the efforts made, according to a non-exhaustive count, as of May 23, 2023, more than 20,457 households, comprising more than 125,227 people, have returned to their locality of origin,” said Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachimson. Kyelem of Tambela.
The Head of Government spoke on Tuesday in Ouagadougou before the Transitional Legislative Assembly (ALT) on the national situation.
For Me Kyélem de Tambèla, joint monitoring committees made up of representatives of IDPs and the host community have been set up to assist the registration teams to prevent abuse.
According to him, instructions were given to take into account the imperfections in the registrations, to establish a more realistic count of the number of IDPs.
Burkina Faso has been in the grip of a security and humanitarian crisis for several years.
According to the National Council for Emergency Relief and Rehabilitation (CONASUR), as of December 31, 2022, the country had 1,882,391 internally displaced people.
Source: Burkina Information Agency