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UNHCR operational highlights
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787 Congolese asylums seekers arrived in Burundi in April, bringing the total number of asylum seekers registred during the first four months of this year to 2327 individuals.
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3 convoys of 411 Congolese refugees were organized from the transit centres of Cishemere and Kajaga to the new camp in Kavumu.
*The National Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless persons (ONPRA) and UNHCR are conducting 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. About 9 500 refugees have already been interviewed in Bwagiriza camp where the verification is expected to end during the first week of May.