This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Karin de Gruijl - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at the press briefing, on 15 May 2015, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
While the coup attempt is reported to have been foiled, the situation in Burundi's capital Bujumbura remains tense with sporadic outbursts of violence reported this morning. Over 105,000 people have now fled the country to neighbouring Tanzania (70,187), Rwanda (26,300) and to the province of South Kivu (9,183) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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