Sunday, September 26, 2004

Burundi refugees shun U.N. camps

The 3,000 Tutsi Congolese refugees in Gatamba, Burundi, refused to be moved into U.N. camps deeper in the country, for fear of another masacre. Refugees in feel they would be no safer in the new location than they were previously when large numbers of their kinsman were slaughtered. In August 160 refugees were brutally slaughtered at Gatumba. These refugees came to Burundi to escape the fighting in the Congo, but were attacked at supposedly safe camps by Burundian Hutu rebels and two armed groups from Congo. Now they protest and threaten to move into the no man's land between the Congo and Burundi boarders, as guards refuse to allow them to cross the boarder to the still war torn Congo. However, Gatamban officials refuse to garuntee their safety if they enter the no man's land.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/09/24/burundi.refugees.reut/index.html

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