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Gihinga Refugee Camp is a refugee camp found in Burundi.[1][2]

Location

Gihinga refugee camp is located in Gihinga colline, Kayokwe commune, Mwaro province in Central Burundi,[3] 50 km from Bujumbura.

Background

Gihinga refugee camp was found on 23 September 2004 to house refugees from Democratic Republic of Congo,[4][2] because of the August 2004 massacre at Gatumba camp.[5][6] The camp occupies 60 hectares of land with a capacity to accommodate 9000 refugees.[7] It has 8 blocks of 288 houses. The camp has Banyamulenge, Babembe and Bafulero ethnic groups. The camp is managed by government of Burundi and United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees.[8]

Demography

As October 2009, Gihinga refugee camp hosted 23000 refugees from Democratic Republic of Congo[3] compared to 1910 refugees who were reported in 2005.[8]

Services

By 2005, these are the partner organizations who support the camp with several services.[8]

Partner organizations Services provided
Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) Camp management, income generating activities education, and protection
International Medical Corps health
Trans-cultural Psychological Organization (TPO) health and physical wellbeing

See also

Bwagiriza Refugee camp

References

  1. ^ Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld | World Refugee Survey 2009 - Burundi". Refworld. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  2. ^ a b "Congolese refugees prepare to move to new camps in Burundi". UNHCR. 2004-09-15. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  3. ^ a b "UNHCR warns refugees in Burundi about risks of return to eastern DRC". UNHCR. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  4. ^ Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld | Burundi: Congolese refugees too scared to move camp". Refworld. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  5. ^ "Tragic loss of life in refugee camp in Burundi - Burundi | ReliefWeb". reliefweb.int. 2005-04-01. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  6. ^ Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld | Burundi-DRC: New camp for Congolese refugees". Refworld. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  7. ^ "Burundi-DRC: New camp for Congolese refugees - Burundi | ReliefWeb". reliefweb.int. 2009-08-03. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  8. ^ a b c Microsoft Word - JAMREPFINAL30805.DOC (wfp.org)

External sources

WFP/UNHCR REPORT OF THE JOINT ASSESSMENT MISSION OF THE CONGOLESE REFUGEES IN BURUNDI 27-30 JUNE 2005

3°29′47″S 29°42′59″E / 3.4963°S 29.7165°E / -3.4963; 29.7165

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