Rwanda has been welcoming refugees for almost three decades. Refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) account for 62 per cent of the population and those who arrived in the nineties have now spent most of their lives outside of their home country. In late 2022 and 2023, Rwanda recorded over 13,000 asylum-seekers fleeing the continuous insecurity situation in Eastern DRC, and this influx may continue in 2024. For the Burundian refugee population, although over 30,000 have returned home since August 2020, there has been limited interest in return among the remaining population. Overall, the Rwanda 2024 RRP has been developed in coordination with 31 partners, including UN Agencies, international, regional, national and local NGOs, academia and development actors. In 2024, the Rwanda RRP requires US $165 million for partners to be able to implement protection (including child protection and gender-based violence), education, food security, public health and nutrition, livelihoods and socio-economic in