UNHCR, (I-United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees), usanda kumemezela ukuthi namuhla basebenzisa ama-drones ukwenza okuthile umsebenzi ohlobene nokusiza abantu abafudukile nababaleki asebephoqeleke ukuba babalekele ukushushiswa okuhlukahlukene okwenzeka ezwenikazi i-Afrika, ikakhulu okutholakala emazweni anjengeNigeria, iMali kanye nengxenye eseningizimu yeSudan.
Ukwenza lo msebenzi, i-UNHCR inqume ukuxhumana nomenzi we-drone waseNigeria Aziz kountche othuthukise idrone esesimeni sendiza, ebhabhadiswe ngokusemthethweni njenge I-T-800 M, yakhelwe ukuthi ikwazi ukuhlaziya ukuhamba kwabantu abafudukayo. Kusukela namuhla, i-drone isivele inemvume kahulumeni yokuthi ikwazi ukuthatha amasignali wevidiyo nezithombe emngceleni. Ngalezi zithombe ungakwazi kamuva sungula imephu yezindawo ezintsha zababaleki.
I-UNHCR iphendukela ku-Aziz Kountche ukudala i-drone ezobeka ngayo imephu izindawo zokuhlala zababaleki.
Ngaphezu kokwenza lawa mabalazwe, ngenxa yezithombe ezithathwe yilawa ma-drones kungenzeka, ngendlela elula kakhulu, ukutadisha ezinye izinhlobo zedatha efana ukuhlolwa komthelela wezemvelo obangelwe yilezi zinyathelo. Njengoba kumenyezelwe, ekuboneni kuqala umonakalo omkhulu wemvelo obangelwe ukuqothulwa kwamahlathi utholakale ezungeze ikamu lababaleki laseKabelawa IDP naseSayam Forage.
Noma kunjalo, iqiniso ukuthi namuhla abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezintathu baphoqeleke ukubaleka emakhaya nasemazweni abo, bewela imingcele ikakhulu ngenxa yoshushiso oludalwe izimpi zombango. Ngakho konke lokhu engqondweni akumangalisi ukuthi ama-drones okuqapha alolu hlobo aqala ukwandaNgaphandle kokuqhubeka, izinkinga ngeSyria zaholela i-European Space Agency, kanye ne-European Maritime Safety Agency, ukudala i-AR5 Life Ray drone ukwenza imisebenzi yokuqapha umoya.