Des rwandais demandeurs d’asiles affluent dans la province Ngozi.

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Plus de 500 demandeurs d’asile rwandais sont arrivés en province Ngozi en date du 31 décembre 2005. Ils se sont installés devant le bureau communal de Ngozi depuis la matinée de cette date et sont menacés par la faim, la soif, la fatigue et le froid.

Ces Rwandais Hutu déclarent être menacés de mort chez eux par des rescapés Tutsi, rescapés du génocide de 1994. La majorité de ces demandeurs d’asile rwandais est constituée de femmes et d’enfants. L’âge de ces derniers varie entre une année et treize ans. L’entretien mené auprès de ces Rwandais révèle que les hommes et les jeunes préfèrent ne pas se faire voir de peur d’être malmenés par la police.

Ces réfugiés rwandais attendent impatiemment que les autorités administratives et les organismes internationaux en l’occurrence, le HCR réagissent pour les tirer de cette situation embarrassante. D/SM/NK.E

Thousands of Rwandan refugees enter Burundi
-UN 05 Jan 2006 16:02:13 GMT
Source: Reuters

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BUJUMBURA, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Around 2,000 Rwandan Hutu refugees have arrived in Burundi in the past month, many saying they feel insecure in Rwanda or are being refused permission to cultivate their land, the United Nations said on Thursday.

The arrivals put the total number of Rwandans seeking asylum in Burundi at nearly 8,000, the UN said. Years of conflict in the central African countries of Rwanda, Burundi and Democratic Republic of Congo have forced hundreds of thousands of civilians to cross borders in search of safety.

In June last year, thousands of Rwandan Hutus returned home from Burundi, where they had fled in fear of persecution after the 1994 genocide. The UNHCR said they had been forcibly repatriated by Burundi in violation of international humanitarian law.

Some feel insecure in Rwanda, while others say they are refused permission to cultivate, the UN said.

"We estimate 2,000 Rwandans have arrived since December," Didier Bukuru, a spokesman for the U.N. High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) told Reuters.

The refugees, many women and children, accuse the Tutsi-led government in Rwanda of unjust treatment at village courts, which have been trying people suspected of the genocide in which 800,000 were killed.

They also claim they face threats from Tutsi genocide survivors. A joint commission between the UNHCR and Burundi's government, has been set up to review each case and decide which asylum seekers are legitimate.