Bubala Samury, DRC "I am still suffering"

Although a qualified information technologist, Bubala Samury, 37, is an orphan living in a camp for internally displaced people in Nganda Musolo, 65 km northeast of Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with nothing to do. He would like to return to his home in the eastern province of South Kivu but he cannot; he does not have the fare and the government, which is supposed to help repatriate people like Samury, has not taken any action. Samury told IRIN on 26 April about his frustrations.

"I am still suffering even now that I found refuge under humanitarian workers. I was a refugee in Nairobi from 2002 but I was repatriated in December by the UN refugee agency [UNHCR]. I have been in Kinshasa for the last two years, in transit to my home in Baraka, in South Kivu, without any help.

"It is only from 1 March that the government, through the Ministry of Solidarity and Human Affairs, transferred me to this camp for the displaced in Nganda Musolo as I await repatriation.

"In fact, my misery has worsened since 1998 when I initially fled to Tanzania. I left in 2002 for Nairobi, Kenya.

"Now, I live with the help of good Samaritans. I am alone. My parents died. I cannot do anything with my information technology qualifications.

"I presented myself at the UNHCR in the hope that they would take care of me since they are the ones who brought me back here, but they told me that their duty was to repatriate me and that it is now up to my government to take over from this point.

"I really want to return home but I cannot afford it. I do not have airfare to fly the 1,500-km stretch from Kinshasa to Baraka. The government and UNHCR do not want to take me back home because of instability in the region."