UNHCR operational highlights
• Protection of and assistance to 42,710 refugees and asylum seekers, including 20,467 Congolese (DRC) living in Bwagiriza (Ruyigi), Gasorwe (Muyinga) and Musasa (Ngozi) refugee camps, 246 Rwandans living in Butare (Rutana) site, as well as 41 refugees and asylum seekers of various other nationalities in the camps. Of these 42,710 refugees and asylum seekers, UNHCR Burundi also provides protection and assistance to 21,956 in urban areas, of which approximately 98% are Congolese (DRC);
• Repatriation and reintegration of Burundian refugees;
• Repatriation of Congolese refugees