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Starting over is not easy but Burundian refugees are hopeful as they return home
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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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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. ....

Democratic Republic Of The Congo , Filippo Grandi , Kinazi Transit Center , Un Refugee Agency , Refugees Filippo Grandi , Kirundo Province , Will Swanson , Democratic Republic , Great Lakes , High Commissioner , Joint Refugee Return , Reintegration Plan , ஜனநாயக குடியரசு ஆஃப் தி காங்கோ , பிலிப்போ பாட்டி , அகதிகள் பிலிப்போ பாட்டி , விருப்பம் ஸ்வான்சன் , ஜனநாயக குடியரசு , நன்று ஏரிகள் , உயர் ஆணையர் , கூட்டு அகதி திரும்ப ,

UNHCR - Starting over is not easy but Burundian refugees are hopeful as they return home


Hope and expectation as Burundian refugees return home after years in exile in Rwanda.
Burundian returnee Donatien, 35, sits with his family at the Kinazi Transit Center in Muyinga, Burundi.
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By Linda Muriuki in Bujumbura, Burundi  |  03 May 2021
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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. ....

Democratic Republic Of The Congo , Filippo Grandi , Kinazi Transit Center , Un Refugee Agency , Refugees Filippo Grandi , Kirundo Province , Democratic Republic , Great Lakes , High Commissioner , Joint Refugee Return , Reintegration Plan , ஜனநாயக குடியரசு ஆஃப் தி காங்கோ , பிலிப்போ பாட்டி , அகதிகள் பிலிப்போ பாட்டி , ஜனநாயக குடியரசு , நன்று ஏரிகள் , உயர் ஆணையர் , கூட்டு அகதி திரும்ப ,