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Over 30,000 DRC refugees in Rwanda

Rwanda is currently hosting 32,108 refugees in three camps and one transit centre, of which 31,651 are Congolese and 457 are Burundian, according to the OCHA-Rwanda report for November. During the month, 19 Congolese refugees arrived from South Kivu while 124 Rwandan refugees repatriated to Rwanda from neighbouring countries, the report said. A total of 10,534 Rwandan refugees have returned to their home country so far this year, it added.


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