Burundi: 80 Percent of Local Refugees Prefer to Be Tanzanians

Burundi Réalités (Bujumbura)

4 December 2007

80 percent of Burundians who fled to Tanzanian in 1972 prefer to be naturalized Tanzanians rather than be repatriated to Burundi as was disclosed during the 12th tripartite meeting Burundi-Tanzania and UNHCR. This meeting is aimed at assessing the results of the repatriation process.