Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Country: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Sudan, Uganda
UNHCR operational highlights
UNHCR opened two new transit centers (one in Cishemere in the province of Cibitoke, one in Kajaga in the Mairie of Bujumbura) and one new refugee camp (in Kavumu in the province of Cankuzo) to accommodate new arrivals from DRC. The new camp has a capacity of 13 000 persons and should accommodate 5 000 refugees by the end of 2013. It will be inaugurated on the 15th of May 2013.
The National Office for the protection of Refugees and Stateless persons (ONPRA) and UNHCR have launched a verification exercise targeting 50 000 refugees living in Burundi in order to update their data (birth, wedding, specific needs…) with a view to improving their protection.