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WFP Tanzania Burundian Refugees Situation Report #15, 26 August 2015

WFP Tanzania Burundian Refugees Situation Report #15, 26 August 2015

Highlights

 

  • To date nearly 87,000 new Burundian refugees have arrived into Tanzania since end-April, according to UNHCR reports. Among countries in the Great Lakes Region, Tanzania has received the highest number of refugees. Currently all refugees are hosted at Nyarugusu Refugee Camp, bringing the total refugee population residing there to 152,000. This makes Nyarugusu one of the largest single location refugee camps in world.