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Burundian refugee returns from Tanzania hit 300,000 mark
Source: UNHCR Briefing Notes Publish date: 1 Apr 2008 Filetype: HTML (2k) |
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Milestones reached in UNHCR's operations for Burundian refugees Source: UNHCR News Stories Publish date: 1 Apr 2008 Filetype: HTML (3k) |
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Cash grants help Burundian returnees rebuild their lives Source: UNHCR News Stories Publish date: 13 Mar 2008 Filetype: HTML (4k) |
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UNHCR begins programme to resolve situation of 1972 Burundian refugees Source: UNHCR News Stories Publish date: 11 Mar 2008 Filetype: HTML (4k) |
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UNHCR Operations
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UNHCR Global Appeal 2008-2009 - Burundi Source: UNHCR Fundraising Reports Publish date: 1 Dec 2007 Filetype: PDF (137k) |
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UNHCR Global Report 2006 - Burundi Source: UNHCR Fundraising Reports Publish date: 1 Jun 2007 Filetype: PDF (169k) |
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Statistics
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2005 UNHCR Statistical Yearbook Country Data Sheet - Burundi Source: UNHCR Statistical Yearbook Country Data Sheets Publish date: 30 Apr 2007 Filetype: PDF (26k) |
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Funding
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Government of Burundi – UNHCR donor profile and donor history
Source: UNHCR Donor Information Publish date: 31 Dec 2007 Filetype: HTML (61k) |
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Return and Reintegration of Burundian Refugees, Supplementary Appeal, July 2004 - December 2005 Source: UNHCR Donor Information Publish date: 1 Jul 2004 Filetype: PDF (1164k) |
Background, Analysis and Policy
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Inter-agency evaluation: Burundi - health and nutrition in the humanitarian context, 21 March to 29 April 2005 Source: UNHCR Evaluation Reports Publish date: 29 Apr 2005 Filetype: PDF (344k) |
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Towards self sufficiency and integration: an historical evaluation of assistance programmes for Rwandese refugees in Burundi, 1962 - 1965, Nathaniel H. Goetz Source: New Issues in Refugee Research Publish date: 30 Mar 2003 Filetype: PDF (268k) |
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Refugees Magazine Issue 131: (Africa) – Burundi: Violence and upheaval since independence Source: Refugees Magazine Publish date: 1 Jun 2003 Filetype: HTML (3k) |
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UNHCR Maps
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Burundi, Number of Returnees per Province - 31st December 2007 Source: UNHCR Maps Publish date: 31 Dec 2007 Filetype: PDF (440k) |
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Burundi, Refugees and asylum seekers demography - 31st December 2007 Source: UNHCR Maps Publish date: 31 Dec 2007 Filetype: PDF (366k) |
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Burundi Atlas Map - September 2006 Source: UNHCR Maps Publish date: 31 Aug 2006 Filetype: PDF (304k) |
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Burundi General Map - September 2006 Source: UNHCR Maps Publish date: 31 Aug 2006 Filetype: PDF (799k) |
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Land Borders
(Longest first)
Key Indicators
Top 10 host countries, end-2005 (refugees per million US$ of GDP)
Chad
106
Armenia
78
Sierra Leone
76
Tanzania
53
Uganda
41
D.R. Congo
36
Zambia
36
Burundi
35
Guinea-Bissau
32
Rwanda
28
Source: "Funding UNHCR's programmes" in UNHCR Global Report 2005.
Origin of major refugee populations (as at 1 Jan 2007, ten largest groups)
Afghanistan
2,108,000
Iraq*
1,451,000
Sudan
686,000
Somalia
464,000
DR Congo
402,000
Burundi
397,000
Viet Nam
374,000
Turkey
227,000
Angola
207,000
Myanmar
203,000
* Estimated at over 2 million by September 2007.
Note: Some 334,000 Palestinian refugees also come under UNHCR’s mandate, while a further 4.4 million Palestinian refugees are cared for by UNRWA.
Source: Protecting Refugees, and the Role of UNHCR, 2007 edition.
Origin of major refugee arrivals during 2005 (10 largest movements)
Togo
39,100
Sudan
34,500
D.R. Congo
15,600
Somalia
13,600
Cen. Afr. Rep.
11,500
Iraq
10,500
Burundi
6,100
Bhutan
1,500
Rwanda
1,500
Russian Fed.
500
Source: Refugees By Numbers, 2006 edition.
Top 10 voluntary repatriation movements in 2005, by destination*
Afghanistan
752,000
Liberia
70,000
Burundi
68,000
Iraq
56,000
Angola
54,000
D.R. Congo
39,000
Sudan
19,000
Somalia
12,000
Rwanda
10,000
Nigeria
7,000
* Based on country of origin and asylum reports.
Source: Refugees By Numbers, 2006 edition.
UNHCR Web Video
Burundi: Long awaited return
Alphonse is going home to a country he has never seen. Having spent his entire life as a refugee he has big hopes for the future. (4:51)
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The Nansen Refugee Award 2005
Burundian, Maggy Barankitse. (4:31)
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The Nansen Refugee Award 2005
Honouring Burundian humanitarian worker Maggy Barankitse.