Chapter 7 Chapter 7 Other Groups or People of Concern 1.2 million people made up the category “other people of concern”, which can include returned refugees and host communities in need of support Kenya. A woman from the Turkana host community (left) and her friend, a refugee from South Sudan (right), stand among the crops in the 180-hectare sorghum farm at the Kalobeyei integrated settlement. © U N H C R / S amu e l Ot i e n o Approximately 110,600 people were reported in Guatemala as “others of concern”. This figure corresponds to an estimated number of deportees or individuals in transit with possible protection needs during the year, mainly from countries in northern Central America, deported from or in transit to the United States of America or Mexico. Similarly, Mexico reported about 83,000 “others of concern”. As in previous years, Filipino Muslims (80,000) who settled in Malaysia’s Sabah state were reported as “others of concern” by Malaysia. Former refugees and IDPs were reported as “of concern” in Bosnia and Herzegovina, comprising some 1,900 former refugees and 47,000 former IDPs, also similar to previous years. Chad reported 36,700 people “of concern” at the end of 2018, of which 20,000 were nationals of CAR pending screening and refugee registration and 16,700 were of Chadian descent evacuated from CAR and at risk of statelessness. In Niger there were 27,100 people in this category, comprising mainly Niger nationals who fled Nigeria and came back to Niger. Most lived in the Diffa region but do not have unhcr > Global trends 2018 any documentation proving their Nigerien nationality. There were also Nigerian nationals who had fled their home country but who are not from states currently considered by Niger to be in a state of emergency. Several countries also reported significant “of concern” populations. These included Zambia (22,800), mainly former refugees from Angola and Rwanda; Tanzania (19,000), mainly nationals of Burundi who were disqualified during the joint verification exercise and for whom UNHCR is advocating for legal status, though this number also includes refugees and asylum-seekers with registration disputes and former refugees who are married to refugees; Congo (12,400), mainly former Rwandan refugees under the cessation clause; Montenegro (12,300), mainly former refugees from the former Yugoslavia who acquired the status of foreigner in Montenegro; and South Sudan (10,000), comprising persons at risk of statelessness due to state succession. In 2018, a total of 56 UNHCR offices reported data on “others of concern”, compared with 59 in the previous year. ■ 55