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Burundian Refugees Face a Difficult Choice: Stay in Overburdened Camps or Return to Uncertainty · Global Voices
▻https://globalvoices.org/2017/10/10/burundian-refugees-face-a-difficult-choice-stay-in-overburdened-camps-

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On 7 September a convoy of 301 refugees from Nduta camp in Tanzania drove back into Burundi, with more Burundians following days after. Overall, 12,000 are registered to voluntarily return this year. While not the first returnees, the number is large; and their journey back is organized by Burundi and Tanzania’s governments and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

However, the crisis, sparked by 2015 election turmoil, that led so many Burundians to flee is far from resolved. While some refugees, impatient with waiting to return, held sit-ins in Tanzania to demand the process be sped up, many others fear going back.

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#Nduta refugee camp reopens to welcome thousands of Burundian refugees

Burundi is one of the world’s poorest countries and over a decade of war has left the country in a continuing state of instability.

The political situation in 2015 badly affected the already weak economy and left vulnerable people in an even worse situation. Election tensions led to weeks of violent protests and tens of thousands of Burundians left their homes, fleeing into neighboring countries, particularly Tanzania and Rwanda.

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