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Refugee influx down

    NAIROBI
    The refugee influx into Tanzania decreased in August, with some 1,420 people seeking refuge during the month, the latest WFP weekly emergency report said. However, "recyclers" - refugees seeking double registration - remained a matter of concern, and refugee leaders had been requested to help curb the practice, the report said. A total of 100,459 refugees had arrived in the country since the beginning of the year - from the DRC, Burundi and Rwanda - while some 7,726 Burundian and Rwandan refugees were repatriated to their home countries from Tanzania during the same period, the report said. The refugee population in the Kigoma and Ngara camps is now estimated at 371,465.

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