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UNHCR programme provides shelter for 58,000 Burundian returnees
2 Jan 2008 UNHCR plans to extend a programme that has helped tens of thousands of Burundian refugee returnees build houses in their home villages. -
Number of Burundian returnees helped by UNHCR tops 350,000
15 Aug 2007 The number of Burundian refugee returnees assisted by UNHCR over the past five years has topped the 350,000 mark. UNHCR has also helped tens of thousands of the returnees by funding housing schemes, legal assistance and the reconstruction of clinics and health centres. -
UNHCR and partners in new initiatives to boost repatriation to Burundi
12 Jul 2007 UNHCR is trying to encourage more Burundians to return home from camps in Tanzania by offering cash grants. Its sister organizations and partners are giving increased food supplies and helping to rebuild infrastructure in Burundi. -
First of some 8,500 Burundians due for resettlement in US leave Tanzania
18 May 2007 The resettlement in the United States of some 8,500 Burundian refugees who fled their country in 1972 got under way on Friday when a first group of 88 people flew out of Kibondo Camp in western Tanzania. The operation is due to be completed by the end of this year. -
UNHCR hands over housing for 1,000 landless Burundians
30 Apr 2007 Some 1,000 Burundians, including 800 refugee returnees, have moved into new housing specially built for them by the UN refugee agency in the village of Gatere near the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). -
Survivors of Burundi's Gatumba camp massacre head to the United States
19 Mar 2007 A first group of 35 Congolese refugees who survived Burundi's Gatumba massacre left the country at the weekend to start new lives in the United States. In the next few months, some 500 other survivors will head to US cities such as Denver, Louisville and San Francisco under a resettlement programme. -
Growing numbers of Burundians return home from the DRC
23 Oct 2006 Since the signing of a cease-fire agreement between the Burundian government and the rebel Forces Nationales de Libération in early September, the number of Burundian refugees returning home from the Democratic Republic of the Congo has increased significantly. -
United States to open doors to thousands of Burundian refugees
18 Oct 2006 The United States has agreed to resettle thousands of Burundian refugees who fled their homeland in 1972. The offer applies to some 13,000 Burundians presently in Tanzania and it will be one of the largest group resettlements proposed by UNHCR in recent years. -
Cuts in UNHCR aid turns Burundian refugee into self-sufficient tailor
12 Oct 2006 François Niziuingimana resents the reduction in assistance by the UN refugee agency, but it has made the refugee from Burundi a popular and self-sufficient member of the community in the tiny mountain kingdom of Swaziland.