SITUATION REPORT 13 – 19 August 2007
SITUATION REPORT 13 – 19 August 2007 UNITED NATIONS NATIONS UNIES Office for the Coordination of Bureau de Coordination des Humanitarian Affairs in Burundi Affaires Humanitaires au Burundi http://ochaonline.un.org/Burundi http://ochaonline.un.org/Burundi ACTIVITIES AND UPDATES Update on repatriation: refugees UNHCR registered 2,251 Burundian refugees who mostly arrived from Tanzania through the entry points of Mabanda/Makamba province (743), Gisuru/Ruyigi province (678), and Kobero/Muyinga province (829). One Burundian arrived from South Africa. Since 15 August, Burundian returnees have been receiving a six months food ration; two months packages are distributed upon departure from Tanzanian refugee camps and the remainder is received in Burundi. Since January 2007, a total of 13,085 returnees have been recorded. So far, some 352,084 Burundians have returned to their home country under the UNHCR facilitated repatriation process which began in April 2002. 13-19 cumul cumul cumul cumul cumul cumul cumul Province Aug. 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2002-2007 Bubanza 10 69 332233 282 356 211 1,483 Buja Mairie 18 120 539 1,328 1,413 2,053 1,192 6,645 Buja Rural 3 192 514 389 419 1,707 971 4,192 Bururi 67 630 2,7451,092 1,648 5,268 3,649 15,032 Cankuzo 112 584 1,6561,599 2,879 8,361 1,453 16,532 Cibitoke 3 79 1,115631 348 937 601 3,711 Gitega 124 391 1,6941,803 2,730 2,952 1,257 10,827 Karuzi 102 690 3,9454,363 5,925 3,910 1,882 20,715 Kayanza 14 69 748631 1,004 736 356 3,544 Kirundo 177 1157 2,1498,545 6,194 4,147 6,633 28,825 Makamba 454 2902
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