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Refugee camp "overwhelmed"

    NAIROBI
    The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has said people fleeing fighting in DRC "need more than a peace agreement". In a statement, it warned that the Lugufu refugee camp in Kigoma, western Tanzania, would soon be "overwhelmed". It was currently housing over 58,000 people, 18,000 more than it was designed for. "There is no way the present camp can go beyond 62,000 and refugees are still coming in," the IFRC representative in Kigoma, Jane Buchan, said. While an extension site had been identified, there remained an urgent need for funding and the needs would be long-term, the statement stressed. Health in Lugufu had suffered and mortality rates had risen, particularly among the under-fives.

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