LUSAKA, March 17 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations refugee agency said on Friday that it has registered more than 3,000 asylum seekers who have entered Zambia in the first two months of 2017.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said the asylum seekers from neighboring countries were registered as of February 2017.
About 232 have since been taken for resettlement in refugee camps, it added in a statement.
Zambia has in recent months seen an influx of asylum seekers mostly from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi fleeing from unrest.
The UNHCR is currently working with the Zambia Red Cross in assisting the authorities to enhance reception capacities for new arrivals.
According to the refugee agency, Zambia currently has a total of 56,051 persons-of-concern as of February 28.
