DRC/Burundi: Massacre puts focus on refugee rights

In the aftermath of this month's massacre of 160 Congolese refugees in a temporary camp in Burundi, some advocacy groups say too little is being done to ensure the rights of refugees as outlined in the U.N.'s 1951 convention. "The massacre is the latest in the region's history of refugee camp disasters," says the U.S. Committee for Refugees (USCR). "It highlights yet again one of the dangers of refugee warehousing, the practice of confining refugees to camps or segregated settlements or otherwise depriving them of basic human rights."