MIDIMAR: Rwanda-Tanzania deportees should own national IDs

{The Rwanda ministry of disaster management and refugee affairs has announced the failure of some Rwandan deportees from Tanzania to acquire for the national identity cards (Indangamuntu)}

These Rwandans who were deported from the neighboring Tanzania are currently settled in Kiyanza camp which is located in Kirehe district.

According to Ruvebana Antoine, the government secretary at MIDIMAR, MIDIMAR calls upon everyone in the camp to hold an ID, in order for them to know the right number of refugees staying at the camp.

This will provide MIDIMAR with the right information in order to know the right number of refugees to be supported in the process.

However, they also added that “there are some strangers who also come into the camp, and they are not aware of where they come from “said Ruvebana.

MIDIMAR has also provided people with another chance of registering for the national Identity cards this week and will be able to get their Identity cards in a period of 1 week.

Over 13,650 Rwandans were deported from Tanzania this year whereby some managed to join their families.

Talking to IGIHE, currently, 3,864 are settled at the camp waiting for relocation.

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