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UNHCR denies major influx of DRC refugees to Rukwa

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    UNHCR’s Dar es Salaam office has denied a reported daily influx last month of hundreds of DRC refugees into the Rukwa area of Tanzania. Spokesman Vincent Parker told IRIN today that a UNHCR mission sent to the area on 29 November found only 432 new arrivals. He said an unspecified number, reluctant to be transferred to refugee camps, had scattered into the surrounding villages. Parker said a total of 16,343 DRC refugees had entered Tanzania since the Congo conflict began on 2 August.

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