Tanzania: Burundians Pressured into Leaving

Expand Nduta camp in Tanzania currently hosts 72,886 Burundian refugees and asylum seekers and UNHCR’s departure center, where Burundians depart from when they are repatriated to Burundi. About 163,000 Burundians, who live in three camps – Nduta, Nyarugusu, and Mtendeli – in Tanzania’s northwestern Kigoma region, are at risk of forced returns due to mounting pressure by Tanzanian authorities. © SOS Médias Burundi (Nairobi) – The fear of violence, arrest, and deportation is driving many of the 163,000 Burundian refugees and asylum seekers in Tanzania out of the country. Tanzanian authorities…

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