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REFUGEES: Congo–DR Congo

REFUGEES: Congo–DR Congo The US has announced a $5.5m grant to be given to the UNHCR (UN High Commission for Refugees) in the Republic of Congo to assist the people who were displaced from neighbouring Equateur Province in Democratic Republic of Congo and who have been flocking to Likwala locality since October 2009. They consist of some 115,000 refugees who fled the violence in western DR Congo and who have taken refuge in this zone which is almost inaccessible to humanitarian organisations. (RFI, Paris 23/4) Tanzania–Burundi Tanzania’s recent move to naturalise a total of 162,000 refugees from Burundi has been hailed by the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR as an historic move that other countries should emulate. The Arusha‐based International Court on Rwanda, ICTR called the move “among the noblest and bravest acts”. The naturalisation now leaves Tanzania with over 97,000 refugees in camps and settlements, mostly from Burundi or DR Congo . (Daily News website, Dar es Salaam 21/4) In 2000, Tanzania had the largest refugee population in Africa with 680,000 people in camps near its northwest border. UNHCR’s António Guterres urged the international community to recognise Tanzania’s gesture and appealed to donors to ensure that the process of integrating http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series Wiley

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Wiley
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© Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2010
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0001-9844
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10.1111/j.1467-825X.2010.03203.x
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The US has announced a $5.5m grant to be given to the UNHCR (UN High Commission for Refugees) in the Republic of Congo to assist the people who were displaced from neighbouring Equateur Province in Democratic Republic of Congo and who have been flocking to Likwala locality since October 2009. They consist of some 115,000 refugees who fled the violence in western DR Congo and who have taken refuge in this zone which is almost inaccessible to humanitarian organisations. (RFI, Paris 23/4) Tanzania–Burundi Tanzania’s recent move to naturalise a total of 162,000 refugees from Burundi has been hailed by the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR as an historic move that other countries should emulate. The Arusha‐based International Court on Rwanda, ICTR called the move “among the noblest and bravest acts”. The naturalisation now leaves Tanzania with over 97,000 refugees in camps and settlements, mostly from Burundi or DR Congo . (Daily News website, Dar es Salaam 21/4) In 2000, Tanzania had the largest refugee population in Africa with 680,000 people in camps near its northwest border. UNHCR’s António Guterres urged the international community to recognise Tanzania’s gesture and appealed to donors to ensure that the process of integrating

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Published: May 1, 2010

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