Extremely dire situation at displacement camps in Burundi as 63,000 flee Congo fighting, says UNHCR


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  • Friday, 07 Mar 2025

FILE PHOTO: Congolese youngsters wait behind a cordon line to receive relief food from Burundian volunteers at Rugombo Stadium, after Congolese fled from renewed clashes between M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), in Rugombo commune of Cibitoke Province, Burundi February 18, 2025. REUTERS/Evrard Ngendakumana/File Photo

GENEVA (Reuters) - The situation at displacement camps in Burundi is extremely dire as the country experiences its largest influx of refugees, fleeing fighting in Congo, in decades, the UN's Refugee Agency warned on Friday.

Some 63,000 people have fled to Burundi, which neighbours the Democratic Republic of Congo, where violence has continued between the M23 group and the Congolese army, UNHCR said.

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