KEY FIGURES
As of 1 September 2016
156,280
Total Burundian population of concern
153,563
Total Burundian population post influx
131, 842
Total Burundian population in Nyarugusu Camp (Pre-Influx + Influx)
53, 497
Total population in Nduta Camp
37,679
Total population in Mtendeli Camp
240
Total population in Lumasi Transit Site
Highlights
A two-member team of UNHCR from the Division of Emergency, Security and Supply (DESS)
Preparedness Team at UNHCR Headquarters in Geneva supported the Operation in Tanzania through consultations with all stakeholders to prepare for the Contingency Plans for Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The consultations were conducted in view of the prevailing situation in Burundi and indications that the situation in DRC could escalate by the end of the year. A two-day Contingency Planning Workshop was organized with participation from the Government of Tanzania, implementing and operational partners and UNHCR from 22 to 23 August 2016, in Kigoma town. The mission members also visited the refugee camps in Kigoma region as well as border entry points.Increase in the number of new arrivals from Burundi has been observed at almost all of the border entry points throughout Tanzania. The daily average new arrivals recorded during the reporting period was 228 new arrivals in comparison to 256 Burundian asylum seekers who arrived at the various border entry points in late August 2016. Meanwhile, UNHCR continued to work together with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to relocate the new arrivals from the border entry points to Mtendeli refugee camp.