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The East African
Thursday January 28 2021
Nearly 600 Burundians who fled political violence in their home country to Tanzania were last week repatriated voluntarily. PHOTO | AFP
Summary
The Uganda, Burundi and UNHCR tripartite Commission on the Voluntary Repatriation of Burundi Refugees in Uganda put in place last year, has so far seen about 1,200 Burundian refugees return home since December.
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Uganda last week resumed repatriation of Burundian refugees from several settlements across the country, an exercise that had stopped following logistical challenges between the two countries and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Unlike the first team that used chartered Uganda Airlines flights last month, the refugees will go back home by road due to limited resources.
Uganda: UNHCR Operational Update, 1 – 31 December 2020
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The Ugandan borders have remained closed for asylum since March 2020 due to COVID-19. However, spontaneuos movements to/from South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continued via unofficial crossing points, owing to the dire humanitarian situation in these countries. These movements cannot be fully verified and accounted for. cannot be fully verified and accounted
COVID-19 UPDATE Cumulatively, as of 31 December 2020, there were 34,677 confirmed cases of COVID-19, of whom, 370 were refugees and 257 humanitarian workers.
The cumulative number includes 11,579 recoveries, 331 of whom were refugees and 228 humanitarian workers. 75 deaths were reported, six of whom are refugees.
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