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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. -
Congolese refugees waiting on DRC-Burundi border
8 Oct 2004 Some 1,300 Congolese refugees are stuck in the border area of Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, waiting for permission to return home despite advice against doing so. -
UNHCR seeks assurances to returnee group's safety in South Kivu
28 Sep 2004 The UN refugee agency has urged the Congolese authorities to ensure the safety of a group of 366 Congolese refugees who have chosen to return from Burundi despite hostilities at home. -
UNHCR moves first refugees to Burundi camp; concerned about pressure near border
24 Sep 2004 The UN refugee agency has started moving Congolese refugees in the insecure Burundi border area to the new Gihanga camp further inland. However, the smaller-than-expected convoy has raised concerns that the refugees may be under pressure not to relocate. -
Congolese refugees prepare to move to new camps in Burundi
15 Sep 2004 A month after a massacre that left more than 150 people dead at a border transit centre in Burundi, the UN refugee agency is preparing to relocate Congolese refugees next week to newly built camps farther inside the country. An information campaign is under way to explain to the refugees why they need to move to a more secure location. -
Hundreds of Congolese refugees leave Burundi facilities
7 Sep 2004 Hundreds of Congolese refugees have returned to the Democratic Republic of the Congo following the killing of more than 150 Congolese at a transit centre in Burundi. Despite the incident, the repatriation of Burundian refugees from Tanzania continues. -
UNHCR to start moving Congolese refugees from Burundi border
24 Aug 2004 The first of some 20,000 refugees who fled the Democratic Republic of the Congo for Burundi are set to be relocated to an existing camp in inland Burundi after a recent massacre at a border transit centre. -
Second Burundi site agreed for Congolese refugees near insecure border
20 Aug 2004 The Burundian government and the UN refugee agency have agreed on a second site to relocate the survivors of last week's massacre at a border transit centre, many of whom remain reluctant to move.