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Influx from Burundi slows down

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    The number of refugees arriving in Tanzania from Burundi has fallen sharply since the beginning of February, UNHCR said on Friday. "Only 5,000 new refugees have been recorded so far this month in Tanzania, compared to over 23,000 in January," UNHCR spokesman Ron Redmond said. The recent arrivals reported continued fighting between government troops and rebels,
    particularly in the Gitega and Ruyigi provinces, and a resurgence of fighting closer to the Tanzanian border, he said. Some new arrivals reported that the border fighting was preventing more people from fleeing, Redmond added. All new arrivals from Burundi are transferred to Karago camp, which now hosts some 40,000 refugees.

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