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35,200 Individuals
Refugees from Burundi: Post 1 Apr 2015
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Refugees from Burundi: Post 1 Apr 2015

165,224


Last Updated 03 Oct 2016


Source - UNHCR

Demography
Male (51%) Age (49%) Female
10.8% 0 - 4 10.5%
10.6% 5 - 11 10.5%
8% 12 - 17 7.5%
20.7% 18 - 59 19.4%
0.9% 60 + 1.1%

  Refugees from Burundi: Post 1 Apr 2015

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Refugees from Burundi: Pre 1 Apr 2015

2,719


Last Updated 03 Oct 2016


Source - UNHCR

Refugees from Burundi: Total

167,943


Last Updated 03 Oct 2016


Source - UNHCR

Refugees and Asylum Seekers from other countries

67,892


From the DRC
Last Updated 03 Oct 2016


Source - UNHCR

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  Sectorial Working Groups

Tanzania - Education working group
Tanzania - Food Security working group
Tanzania - WASH working group
Tanzania - Distribution Working Group
Tanzania - Health and Nutrition working group
Tanzania - Protection Working Group
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  Highlights

 - 4,433 Burundian New Arrivals recorded so far in September 2016 - 285 DR Congolese New Arrivals recorded in September (537 in August)
15 Sep 2016
1,637 inter-camp family reunification performed; including previously Unaccompanied/Separated Children and female spouses.
30 Apr 2016
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Total persons of concern

235,835


Last Updated 03 Oct 2016


Source - UNHCR

  Arrivals

  Population Type by Country of Origin

Population Type & Country of Origin Report Date Total
Refugees (pre-influx)
Burundi 03/10/2016 2,719
Democratic Republic of the Congo 03/10/2016 62,505
Kenya 23/09/2016 11
Rwanda 23/09/2016 77
Sudan 23/09/2016 9
Uganda 23/09/2016 13
Various 23/09/2016 63
Total   65,397
Refugees (post-influx)
Burundi 03/10/2016 165,224
Total   165,224
Asylum-Seekers
Democratic Republic of the Congo 03/10/2016 5,184
Rwanda 03/10/2016 18
Uganda 03/10/2016 12
Total   5,214

  Financial Information

Total Appeal $176,601,614
Received to Date $92,957,332
Gap $83,644,282
Coverage 53%
Last Updated 19 Sep 2016

  Refugee Crisis in the Media

More refugees flee Burundi ahead of elections
UNHCR, 29 Jun 2015
NYARUGUSU REFUGEE CAMP, Tanzania, June 29, (UNHCR) – More than 6,000 refugees fleeing Burundi have crossed over into Tanzania in the last three days, taking to over 66,000 the total number of refugees who have arrived from its central African neighbour since May 1, according to the UN refugee agen...
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More than 100,000 refugees vaccinated against cholera in Tanzania
UNHCR, 26 Jun 2015
NYARUGUSU REFUGEE CAMP, Tanzania, June 26 (UNHCR) – More than 100,000 refugees have been vaccinated against cholera in a major initiative to prevent a repeat outbreak of the epidemic which killed 31 people last month in northwestern Tanzania. Twenty five temporary vaccination sites were set up ...
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Tanzania cholera epidemic deaths among Burundian refugees and local population halted, new cases down sharply
UNHCR, 26 May 2015
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, on 26 May 2015, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. In western Tanzania's Lake Tanganyika area, containment measures to deal with a cholera epidemic that h...
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Rescue on Lake Tanganyika
UNHCR TRACKS, 26 May 2015
Kagunga is a small Tanzanian village close to the border with Burundi. Wedged between a steep mountain range and the waters of Lake Tanganyika, it has little access to other parts of Tanzania except by boat. And so, almost overnight, this sleepy fishing community has become the focal point of a huma...
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Cholera epidemic among refugee and host communities in Tanzania claims 31 lives, situation worsening
UNHCR, 22 May 2015
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, on 22 May 2015, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. With refugees still fleeing from Burundi into neighbouring countries, the cholera epidemic declared by ...
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