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05/03/2021 | News release | Distributed by Public on 05/03/2021 04:02
Starting over is not easy but Burundian refugees are hopeful as they return home
By Linda Muriuki in Bujumbura, Burundi | 03 May 2021
Donatien, 35, is on his phone negotiating the rent for a house he hopes his family can move into when they return home to Burundi.
He and his wife and three children were among a group of 159 Burundian refugees who decided to return home ­- a 72-kilometre drive across the Nemba border point into Burundi.
'We have come home because a country is like a parent. When you are away from your parents, you feel like something is missing,' said Donatien, as he waited to go through COVID-19 testing and screening at the Kinazi transit center in Burundi.

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