DRC: 1,618 refugees gain entry back home

The 1,618 Congolese-Tutsi refugees who massed at a border crossing between Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since mid-last week were taken to a site in the centre of Uvira on Tuesday, despite strong opposition to their return home, South Kivu Province Deputy Governor Didas Kaningingi told IRIN. "Everything went well," he said from Bukavu, capital of South Kivu. "We have transferred all 1,618 registered refugees without incident and hope that the humanitarian bodies will now take care of them."