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Burundi

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Country Statistics  
Latest IDP figure:
100,000
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Number of refugees:
(Originating from the country)
375,727 (UNHCR, June 2008)
Total Population:
7,5 million
19 May 2008

Internally displaced Burundians should not be forgotten during the peacebuilding process


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Some 100,000 people remain
internally displaced in settlements
in Burundi. Astrid Sehl/NRC 2008
Despite a marked improvement in the security situation in Burundi in recent years, some 100,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) remain in settlements throughout the country, in addition to an unknown number living with host families. Many IDPs seem to have to a large extent integrated into the communities of neighbouring towns and villages, but there is little information on their situation, their needs or their aspirations.

In the 1990s, hundreds of thousands of Burundians fled their homes to escape fighting between the government and Hutu rebel groups seeking to put an end to the political dominance of the Tutsi minority. Many others, predominantly Hutus, were forcibly displaced into camps by the government in the second half of the 1990s. Following the signing of a ceasefire between the government and a major rebel group in 2003, as well as the voting into power of a national unity government in 2005, hundreds of thousands of refugees and IDPs returned to their homes.

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"Population Figures and Profile","Global figures","Geographical distribution","Disaggregated figures"
"Causes and Background","Other causes of displacement","Conflict and displacement: background and development","Causes of displacement"
"Population Figures and Profile","Global figures","Geographical distribution","Disaggregated figures"
"Patterns of Displacement","General"
"Physical Security & Freedom of Movement","Right to life and personal security"
"Subsistence Needs","General","Food and nutrition","Health","Shelter and other needs","Women and children"
"Access to Education","General"
"Issues of Self-Reliance and Public Participation","General","Vulnerable Groups","Public Participation"
"Documentation Needs and Citizenship","General"
"Issues of Family Unity, Identity and Culture","Family unity"
"Property Issues","General"
"Patterns of Return and Resettlement","General"
"Humanitarian Access","General"
"National and International Responses","National response","International Response","References to the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement"

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Previous Profile updates
Maps 
IDPs in Burundi
News 
Displaced Children Are Eager to Learn, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), 10 June 2008
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Recent Reports 
"Food has become too expensive", Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN), 10 June 2008
Displaced civilians back home in Kabezi, Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN), 5 June 2008
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