Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Country: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia
Key Figures
273,957 New Burundian refugees in asylum countries since April 2015 as of 30 June 2016.
Funding
USD 180.6 million requested for the situation through UNHCR's Supplementary Appeal (January-December 2016)
- Gap: 71%
- Funded: 29%
Highlights
- UNHCR and host governments marked World Refugee Day on 20 June. The #WithRefugees petition is to be delivered ahead of the United Nations General Assembly high-level summit to address large movements of refugees and migrants on 19 September in New York.
- In Burundi's Makamba Province, UNHCR and Burundian authorities identified 31,700 returnees from the United Republic of Tanzania, 2,500 of whom were found to have been registered as refugees.
- In Rwanda, the SESG for Youth Refugees and Sport and International Olympic Committee (IOC) Honorary President Dr. Jacques Rogge, visited Mahama refugee camp on 8 June.
- In the United Republic of Tanzania, UNHCR finalized the revision of Nyarugusu camp's layout in collaboration with its partners.
- In Uganda, the second school term began on 6 June. UNHCR and its partners scaled up efforts to increase and sustain attendance rates.