Reduced refugee flow gives camp staff respite

NAIROBI

The number of new refugees entering Tanzania from the DRC dropped to 800 over Wednesday and Thursday, giving humanitarian workers some desperately needed respite after more than 4,300 refugees had crossed in boats along Lake Tanganyika on Monday and Tuesday, a UNHCR statement received by IRIN on Friday reported. There was no immediate explanation for the decrease. In the past 10 days, Congolese refugees have fled from South Kivu and from 10 to 12 villages along the border between South Kivu and Katanga provinces where fighting has been heavy, UNHCR said.

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