Mali is sheltering more than 322,000 refugees and asylum seekers
Even with 414,000 of its own people displaced, Mali has taken in refugees, among them 86,000 from Burkina Faso in one region alone, and passed a new law on statelessness.
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Bamako — Mali was hosting 322,584 refugees and asylum seekers at the end of September, according to figures presented to the UN refugee agency's executive committee in Geneva, Africanews reports.
The figures
- Refugees and asylum seekers in Mali rose by more than 5,300 between August and September.
- At the end of July, the Koro region in central Mali alone was sheltering about 86,000 refugees from Burkina Faso.
- Mali also has 414,524 internally displaced people of its own, and more than 343,000 Malians are refugees abroad.
- Nearly 91,000 people have returned to Mali.
Across Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, nearly four million people have been displaced, according to the UN refugee agency.
What Mali is doing
Malian authorities say they are supporting voluntary repatriation, welcoming refugees and helping returning citizens settle back in. The country has also passed new legislation on statelessness and set up a national commission to deal with it.
Source: Africanews with AP, 14 October 2026.
