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UNHCR has been transferring all new arrivals from Burundi to Karago refugee camp established in December but, with 40,660 residents as of Monday, Karago "has reached its maximum holding capacity", UNHCR information officer Vincent Parker told IRIN on Monday. The agency was exploring ways to expand Karago, but if the camp could not cope refugees would be transferred to Ngara district in Kagera Region, where there was still some capacity, Parker said. The trend, however, was of significantly reduced numbers of Burundi refugees arriving in Tanzania, he
said. Two hundred to 300 refugees were currently arriving each day and some 11,000 had arrived in February, compared to a total of 24,000 arrivals in January.
Parker also denied press reports of a cholera outbreak claiming 14 lives in Kigoma over the past two weeks. He said there had been only sporadic cases in villages in the region the past three months, and that 11 people detected with cholera at Kigoma refugee reception centres had all been treated at Ujijii Cholera Centre with no fatalities.
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