The refugees received in Bugarama sector of Rusizi District started to cross the border in midday yesterday.
Speaking to National Broadcaster, RBA, Rusizi District Mayor, Frederic Harerimana said that the refugees were facilitated by United Nations Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the United Nations Organisation Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO).
“They started to arrive at around 12:00pm to 1:30pm. As we talk now, no more others are coming, these came in with the facilitation of UNHCR and Monusco,” he said.
“We are helping them settle in, but, we are yet to talk to them about the cause. Sources say that they decided to come because their security was not well ensured. We are receiving them at Bugarama and Kamanyola boarders, we are registering them, we are putting them together so that we can provide them with basic needs like food and water,” he explained.
It is expected that they will be taken to Nyarushishi refugee camp in Nkungu Sector. Rwanda accommodates over 75,000 Burundian refugees that have fled to the country since April 2015.
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