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Intimidation reported as Rwandans return from Burundi
13 May 2005 UNHCR has raised serious concerns over reports from some Rwandan asylum seekers in Burundi that indicate physical and verbal intimidation are being used to force them to go home. The refugee agency has been unable to monitor these returns as most of them happen during curfew hours. -
UNHCR concerned about 5,000 Rwandans on Burundi border
11 May 2005 More than 600 people gathered in Geneva for a charity concert organised by the Geneva Lion's Club in support of UNHCR's "Together for Girls" initiative in Dadaab refugee camp. -
Tanzania camp to close as Burundian refugees return home
5 Apr 2005 Karago camp will be closed towards the end of April as Tanzania consolidates camps that are emptying out with the departure of Burundian refugees for home. However, UNHCR notes that the pace of returns has slowed and that the Burundi repatriation programme is severely under-funded. -
Burundi reintegration to receive $300,000 boost from OPEC Fund
18 Mar 2005 The UN refugee agency announced today that the OPEC Fund for International Development has agreed to contribute $300,000 to support UNHCR's efforts to help some 4,000 refugee families who recently returned home to two provinces in north-eastern Burundi. -
Reaching out to Rwandan refugees in Congolese forest
14 Mar 2005 Despite instability in the Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, UNHCR continues to run its 17 assembly points to help repatriate Rwandan refugees emerging from years in the forest. -
Hundreds of Burundians flee for Rwanda, citing fears of violence
11 Mar 2005 More than 800 Burundians have arrived in neighbouring Rwanda in the last two weeks amid a reported rise in tensions surrounding a recent referendum. This, together with the worsening food shortage in northern Burundi, could affect the repatriation of Burundian refugees. -
"Hotel Rwanda" opens doors for special screening by UNHCR, United Artists
17 Nov 2004 UNHCR and United Artists recently held a private screening of the award-winning film, which tells the true story of a man who saved more than 1,000 people by hiding them in his hotel during the 1994 Rwanda genocide. The event also sought to highlight the Darfur crisis and refugee issues in general. -
MONUC, Congolese troops move recent returnees home in Kivu region
15 Oct 2004 The group of over 1,600 Congolese who returned from Burundi this week is being escorted to home areas like Uvira, Baraka, Minembwe and the Ruzizi plain. UNHCR continues to stress that the situation is still volatile, and will monitor the returnees' condition when it opens a new office in Uvira. -
Waiting refugees granted return to DR Congo
12 Oct 2004 After days of stand-off at the border, the Congolese government has agreed to allow some 1,300 Congolese refugees to return from Burundi. Concerned that the returnees' home area in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is still insecure, UNHCR is opening an office in Uvira to assist them.