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The U.N. refugee agency said thousands ofBurundians continue to flee political instability andviolence.
About 10-thousand refugees crossed intoneighboring countries over the weekend before thegovernment closed the borders prior toparliamentary elections.
It's now estimated that at least 144,000 refugees have fled Burundi since the beginning of April.
That's when violence erupted after President Pierre Nkurunziza announced he would seek athird term.
UNHCR spokesperson Karin de Gruijl said most of those who fled over the weekend went toTanzania and Rwanda.
Closing the border crossings Sunday did not stop the exodus.
Refugees are still leaving the country.
They're using now informal border crossings–basically paths through the bush.
They find their way into Rwanda and Tanzania and come then to our offices or our presencenear the border to register themselves as refugees.
And from there we take them to the camp in the three countries: Tanzania, Rwanda and theDemocratic Republic of the Congo.
While 144,000 have been registered as refugees, many others have not.
They've entered neighboring countries without being counted by aid agencies.
“There are also people who are going on their own, especially people going to cities or biggertowns, and have their own resources and do not necessarily register as refugees.
So, we do think that the number might be higher.
More than 66,000 Burundian refugees are in Tanzania;well over 56,000 in Rwanda; about11,500 in the DRC; more than 9,000 in Uganda and just 400 in Zambia.
The UNHCR spokesperson said some were mistreated on their journey.
“There are different reports of harassment.
People are also reporting that it's becoming more and more difficult for them to leave thecountry.
Not only because borders are closed, obviously, which makes things more difficult,but there arealso roadblocks where militias and others are trying to take away their belongings.
So, people are actually trying to leave the country, more or less secretly, taking as littleluggage as they can and going through the bush.”
In the beginning, most of the refugees were women and children.
Now, there's a growing number of men.
De Gruijl said many may be joining their families already in camps.
“We have been setting up camps or we have been moving people to existing refugee camps inmost of the countries with the exception of Zambia at the moment because the numbers arevery, very small.”
Overcrowding is becoming a problem at the Nyarugusu camp in Tanzania.
It was already home to 50,000 Congolese refugees.
Now they're joined by 60,000 Burundians.
An alternative site is being sought.
The UNHCR is working with 17 other aid agencies to help the refugees,but funding is a problem.
The agency has appealed for 207 million dollars for the Burundi crisis, but has received only 13percent of the amount, so far.
重点词汇：
1.continue to 继续;不断地
例句:The President could continue to bash Democrats as being soft on crime.
总统可能会继续抨击民主党人对待犯罪活动心慈手软。
2.prior to 在之前;此前
例句:The will was made two days prior to his death.
遗嘱是在他死亡前两天立的。
3.take away 带走;消耗;外带
例句:No government shall take away the rights of the native people.
任何政府也不能剥夺土著人的权利。
4.set up 建立;设立;创立
例句:The security zone was set up to prevent guerrilla infiltrations.
设立了安全区以防止游击队员的渗入。 |
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发表于 2016-7-29 08:32:17