tanzania: 5,000 Refugees to Return Home From Tanzania

The governments of Rwanda and Congo-Brazzaville together with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees have agreed to return home 5,000 Rwandan citizens who fled the country during the 1994 genocide. However, over 1,000 of the refugees residing in western Tanzania have appealed against repatriation, alleging that they will be persecuted if they returned to their country.