Gihinga Refugee Camp Explained

Gihinga Refugee Camp is a refugee camp found in Burundi.^{[1] [2]}

Location

Gihinga refugee camp is located in Gihinga colline, Kayokwe commune, Mwaro province in Central Burundi,^[3] 50 km from Bujumbura.

Background

Gihinga refugee camp was found on 23 September 2004 to house refugees from Democratic Republic of Congo,^[4] because of the August 2004 massacre at Gatumba camp.^{[5] [6]} The camp occupies 60 hectares of land with a capacity to accommodate 9000 refugees.^[7] It has 8 blocks of 288 houses. The camp has Banyamulenge, Babembe and Bafulero ethnic groups. The camp is managed by government of Burundi and United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees.

Demography

As October 2009, Gihinga refugee camp hosted 23000 refugees from Democratic Republic of Congo compared to 1910 refugees who were reported in 2005.^[8]

Services

By 2005, these are the partner organizations who support the camp with several services.

!Partner organizations!Services provided

Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)	Camp management, income generating activities education, and protection
International Medical Corps	health
Trans-cultural Psychological Organization (TPO)	health and physical wellbeing

See also

Bwagiriza Refugee camp

References

1. Web site: Refugees . United Nations High Commissioner for . Refworld World Refugee Survey 2009 - Burundi . 2023-12-12 . Refworld . en.
2. Web site: 2004-09-15 . Congolese refugees prepare to move to new camps in Burundi . 2023-12-12 . UNHCR.
3. Web site: UNHCR warns refugees in Burundi about risks of return to eastern DRC . 2023-12-12 . UNHCR.
4. Web site: Refugees . United Nations High Commissioner for . Refworld Burundi: Congolese refugees too scared to move camp . 2023-12-12 . Refworld . en.
5. Web site: 2005-04-01 . Tragic loss of life in refugee camp in Burundi - Burundi ReliefWeb . 2023-12-12 . reliefweb.int . en.
6. Web site: Refugees . United Nations High Commissioner for . Refworld Burundi-DRC: New camp for Congolese refugees . 2023-12-12 . Refworld . en.
7. Web site: 2009-08-03 . Burundi-DRC: New camp for Congolese refugees - Burundi ReliefWeb . 2023-12-12 . reliefweb.int . en.
8. https://documents.wfp.org/stellent/groups/public/documents/ena/wfp083191.pdf Microsoft Word - JAMREPFINAL30805.DOC (wfp.org)

External sources

WFP/UNHCR REPORT OF THE JOINT ASSESSMENT MISSION OF THE CONGOLESE REFUGEES IN BURUNDI 27-30 JUNE 2005