Intention to return survey - 2021

The Government of the Republic of Namibia, in coordination with UNHCR and partner Society for Family Health (SFH), conducted a verification exercise of refugees from Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Zimbabwe in Osire Settlement from 25 March to 6 April 2021 and in Windhoek, for urban-based refugees, from 7 to 9 April 2021. It had been close to three years since the last verification exercise was done in Namibia. As part of the exercise, 1,697 refugees and asylum-seeker heads of households in the Osire settlement were surveed on their intention to return home. This microdata includes the section related to their intention to return.