Alert 3 : The right of Congolese refugees to voluntarily return to their country must be upheld by the Government of Burundi and UNHCR

As part of UMUSEKE program, human rights organizations, the Burundian League of Human Rights Iteka and King Umurundi Freedom, continue to document the humanitarian situation of Congolese refugees who fled the crisis shaking Eastern DRC.
Following up on the previous alert1, the two organizations draw the attention of both the national and international community, particularly the Government of Burundi, United Nations mechanisms, the African Union, and the Great Lakes sub-region, to the alarming humanitarian situation of refugee children and
women from Congo, which continues to deteriorate in the Busuma camp and in other transit centers in Burundi. These alarm calls are based on the following: Read the alert