July 08, 2015: 54,474 Burundian refugees registered in camps and urban areas, while 10,043 in Kigali and 2889 in Huye remain pending with appointments for registration.
Mahama Refugee camp
As of July 08th , 2015, the number of Burundian refugees had reached 54,474 in Rwanda.
among them 44,156 are hosted in different transit centers and Mahama camp as follow:
· Gashora Reception Centre , in Bugesera District in Eastern Province: 13065
· Nyamiyaga a reception Centre, in Nyanza in the Southern Province : 965
· Nyagatare Transit Centre: Rusizi District in the Western Province : 640
· Mahama refugee camp: Kirehe District in the Eastern Province : 29,486
Those hosted in camps comprise 11,376 men, 10,766Women, 22,014 Children.
in addition to those living in Mahama camp and transit centers , 10,316 other Burundian refugees were registered in Kigali City.
through the ongoing process of registration for urban refugees, 10,043 refugees in Kigali City and 2889 in Huye city in the Southern Province. If those are added to those already registered the provisional figures reach 67,406 Burundian refugees so far recorded in Rwanda.
MIDIMAR in collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), UN agencies, International organizations and other implementing partners are providing to those refugees basic assistance such as shelter, food, Non-Food items (NFIs), water and sanitation facilities, health services and handling other needs as required by the refugees’ protection standards.