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NEW: 2016 planning information has just been released. Budgets and population planning figures for 2016 and for previous years can be reviewed below. The French version will be published before the end of the year.
Operation: Burundi
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Location
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Latest update of camps and office locations 1 December 2015. By clicking on the icons on the map, additional information is displayed.
Key Figures
| 127 | Number of personnel (international and national) |
| 4 | Number of offices |
| 19 Mio.USD | Overall funding requirements (ExCom-approved 2016 budget) |
| 12,000 | Number of registered children targeted to be enrolled in primary education |
| 17,500 | Number of PoC targeted to receive long-term/permanent shelter |
| 3,500 | Number of PoC to be submitted to resettlement countries |
| 100% | Extent to which known SGBV survivors receive appropriate support |
| 100% | Extent to which PoC have access to primary health care |
Latest Updates
2016 Plan Summary
In 2016, UNHCR will conduct its operations in Burundi in a complex environment following electoral tensions which led to the outflow of close to 200,000 refugees since April 2015.
The 2008 Law on Asylum and the Protection of Refugees guarantees the right to asylum. The Government of Burundi has made land available for refugee camps. All refugees in the country enjoy freedom of movement, and refugee children are able to go to public schools, in the same conditions as Burundian children.
In 2016, UNHCR’s main priorities will include:
- Support the Government of Burundi’s efforts to improve the protection environment and assistance for people of concern;
- Intensify activities for the prevention of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV);
- Pursue the resettlement programme with the objective of submitting 3,500 cases;
- Foster economic empowerment and seek to further the local integration of refugees;
- Engage in IDP assistance if contingency plans (national and inter-agency) are activated.
In case of a funding shortfall:
- Protection risks would increase (prevention and response of SGBV would be ineffective, and essential needs would not be covered);
- Activities relating to economic empowerment and local integration of refugees would not be implemented;
- Peaceful coexistence with the host population would be challenged.