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Contributor [1]
Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 02:00
Categories: 
Refugees & forced migration [2]
Issue Number: 
100 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Concerned for their security, the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Wednesday moved 406 Congolese refugees in Burundi farther away from the border with the "volatile" Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It reported on Thursday that the refugees had left Rugombo, a refugee reception centre located three kilometres from the border, for Cishemeye I transit centre.

Category: 
Human Security [4]
Oldurl: 
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/refugees/13373 [5]
Country: 
Democratic Republic of Congo [6]

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