DRC/Burundi: Thousands of refugees still arriving in Burundi - UNHCR

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has dispatched a four-member team to the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Burundi to assess reports of recent arrivals in Burundi of thousands of refugees from the DRC, the agency said in a report issued last Thursday. UNHCR said initial feedback from the team indicated that, in Gatumba alone, 1,000 new refugees had already arrived, with more arriving daily.