Congolese expelled from Angola returning to 'desperate situation': UN refugee agency.

Congolese nationals forced back across the border to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), after being expelled from neighbouring Angola, 'are returning to a desperate situation,' a UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) spokesperson said on Tuesday.

Speaking at a media briefing in Geneva, the spokesperson said that the agency is concerned by a 'fast-developing humanitarian situation in the Kasai region' of the DRC, where the situation is already fragile: around 200,000 people have arrived over the last two weeks.

The mass population movement follows the Angolan Government's decision to expel Congolese migrants, many of whom were working in the informal mining sector in the northeast of the country.

The deadline for expulsion expired Monday and, within some areas of Angola, there have been reports of violent clashes between migrants and law enforcement agents. Thousands have been arriving at the border, where complaints have included sexual violence and harassment, bodily frisking and theft of belongings - at the hands of...