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The European Union has given $18 million to support about 400,000 refugees, mostly from Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo, seeking asylum in Tanzania, the EU said in a statement on Tuesday. Although 76,000 refugees went home to Burundi in 2004, the east African country is still host to the largest group of refugees in Africa, despite the fact that it is also one of the world's poorest countries.