Sunday, December 28, 2008

Tanzania Closes Camp for Burundian Refugees

From Voice Of America:

The Tanzanian government has closed the Nduta camp for Burundian refugees in northwestern Tanzania. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says the camp was closed earlier this week after it relocated the remaining 10,000 refugees from Nduta to Mtabila camp.

The Nduta camp closer was a significant moment for Burundi refugees. Now only the Mtabila camp in Tanzania will host the thousands of Burundians who fled their homeland during the violence of the 1990s.

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