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Increase in DRC returnees

    NAIROBI

    The number of Rwandan refugees returning from eastern DRC has increased in September-October to an average of 500 per week, the OCHA-Kigali report said. The total number of returnees registered since January was now about 27,700, it said, citing UNHCR figures. The returnees, most of whom arrive from North Kivu through Gisenyi, receive plastic sheeting and other non-food items from UNHCR, while WFP provides a food ration of pulses and maize. As most returnees move to new resettlement sites in Rwanda, they need seeds and tools to start cultivating, the report added.

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