Mali hosts over 300,000 refugees amid humanitarian crisis

As of September 30, 2026, Mali hosted over 322,000 refugees and asylum seekers, along with more than 414,000 internally displaced persons, according to the 77th session of the UNHCR Executive Committee in Geneva. More than 90,000 people have returned to Mali, while 343,000 Malians remain refugees abroad. The ongoing security and humanitarian crisis in the central Sahel region continues, with about 86,000 Burkinabè refugees recorded in the Koro area by late July. Mali’s Minister of Territorial Administration, Issa Ousmane Coulibaly, reaffirmed Bamako’s commitment to hosting refugees, voluntary repatriation, and reintegration of returnees.