Burundian refugees in Tanzania predicted to reach 250,000

The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Wednesday, 1 July, announced in Dar es Salaam that the number of Burundian refugees in Tanzania is likely to increase from the current 70,000 to between 250,000 and 500,000 as a result of the continued volatile situation related to the presidential elections in Burundi, scheduled to be held on 15 July. 
Since the beginning of June approximately 250 new arrivals were recorded in Kigoma, the western region of Tanzania each day, but over the last week...

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10 years ago

AFKInsider

18 Oct

Tanzania Gives Citizenship To 162000 Burundian Refugees

Tanzania Gives Citizenship To 162000 Burundian Refugees
AFKInsider
The UN refugee agency has welcomed Tanzania's decision to grant citizenship to 162,156 former Burundian refugees, marking the largest group in UNHCR's history to which naturalisation has been offered by a country of first asylum as a solution to decades ...

 

10 years ago

Deutsche Welle

23 May

Burundian refugees face cholera threat in Tanzania

Deutsche Welle
Burundian refugees face cholera threat in Tanzania
Deutsche Welle
The UN refugee agency UNHCR says an outbreak of cholera has infected 3,000 people in a Tanzanian border region, where the population has increased dramatically due to an influx of refugees from Burundi. Refugees from Burundi at a makeshift clinic.
Cholera outbreak hits 3000 Burundi refugees - UNBBC News
Cholera hits 3000 Burundi refugees in Tanzania - UNReuters
Street Battles Erupt in BurundiABC News

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9 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

08 Oct

Tanzania Opens New Camps for Burundian Refugees to Ease Conditions in ...

Tanzania Opens New Camps for Burundian Refugees to Ease Conditions in ...
AllAfrica.com
Today, UNHCR started the relocation of 50,000 Burundian refugees to two camps in North West Tanzania, which the government has reopened to ease the suffering of tens of thousands of people in the crowded Nyarugusu camp. Following lengthy ...

 

10 years ago

Thomson Reuters Foundation

17 Oct

Tanzania grants citizenship to 162000 Burundian refugees in historic decision

Rescue
Tanzania grants citizenship to 162000 Burundian refugees in historic decision
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. GENEVA, October 17, (UNHCR) The UN refugee agency has welcomed Tanzania's decision to grant citizenship to 162,156 former Burundian refugees, ...
Tanzania's new citizens to get land, voting rightsIRINnews.org
200000 refugees from Burundi awarded citizenship in TanzaniaRescue (blog)
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9 years ago

Thomson Reuters Foundation

12 Dec

International Medical Corps Responds to Plight of Burundian Refugees in Tanzania

International Medical Corps Responds to Plight of Burundian Refugees in Tanzania
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. International Medical Corps is deploying experts to Tanzania, where more than 117,800 Burundian refugees have fled following escalating violence.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

24 Nov

Aid agencies up in arms over Burundian refugees

Health and shelter for Burundian refugees in Tanzania are poised to get worse in already overstretched camps, the aid agencies have warned.

 

10 years ago

Salon

22 May

Cholera infects 3000 Burundian refugees; UN call for help

Channel News Asia
Cholera infects 3000 Burundian refugees; UN call for help
Salon
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency says an outbreak of cholera has infected 3,000 people in a Tanzanian border region where refugees from Burundi have massed. UNHCR says 300 to 400 new cases are being reported daily. At least 31 ...
Cholera strikes 3000 Burundi refugees in Tanzania: UNYahoo News

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11 years ago

Daily News

31 May

More than 162000 Burundian refugees granted Tanzanian citizenship

Daily News
More than 162000 Burundian refugees granted Tanzanian citizenship
Daily News
THE Ministry of Home Affairs has so far granted citizenship to 162,156 Burundi refugees out of 172,000 requests received in 2010. Responding to Fakharia Khamis (Special Seat-CCM) question on the number of Burundi refugees granted Tanzania citizenship ...

 

10 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

01 Jun

EALA MPs in Rwanda to Assess Situation of Burundian Refugees

EALA MPs in Rwanda to Assess Situation of Burundian Refugees
AllAfrica.com
Members of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) have today started on a three-day country tour specifically aimed at taking in the status of Burundi refugees in Rwanda as the regional assembly moves to seek the appropriate intervention. This comes ...

 

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