Burundi

Burundi is a State party to the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees, the 1969 OAU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa and the 2009 African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (“Kampala Convention”). More than 99% of refugees in the country originate from the Democratic Republic of Congo; the rest are from Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan and other countries.