{"id":14303,"date":"2019-10-30T06:36:51","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T06:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=14303"},"modified":"2019-11-06T06:57:24","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T06:57:24","slug":"unchr-concerned-over-forced-repatriation-despite-government-denial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/unchr-concerned-over-forced-repatriation-despite-government-denial\/","title":{"rendered":"UNCHR concerned over forced repatriation despite government denial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On October 28th, UNHCR issued a communiqu\u00e9 mounting pressure on Burundian refugees and asylum-seekers to return home &#8211; despite assurances from the authorities that the return of refugees will be voluntary and free from intimidation. In addition, no refugee will be forced to return. \u201cWe continue to call upon both governments to consider and uphold the refugees\u2019 freedom of choice with regard to their return,\u201d read the statement.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13693\" style=\"width: 485px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13693\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-13693\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/REFUGIES.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/REFUGIES.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/REFUGIES-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/REFUGIES-768x442.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/REFUGIES-600x345.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13693\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UNHCR worries about Burundian refugees\u2019 repatriation under pressure<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Nestor Bimenyimana, Director General in charge of Repatriation and Rehabilitation in the Ministry of Home Affairs said the government welcomes all returnees presented by both the Tanzanian government and the UN refugees Agency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no pressure. Otherwise, we couldn\u2019t reach such figures\u201d, he said adding that they expect to receive 260 returnees this Tuesday 29, in Muyinga province. Since 2017, about 79,000 refugees have voluntarily returned home thanks to the tripartite agreement. Tanzania currently hosts 206,000 Burundian refugees.<\/p>\n<p>UNHCR is also working with local officials to ensure that the refugees\u2019 return is voluntary and respected the three-party agreement between the Tanzanian and Burundian governments and the UN Refugee Agency. In March 2018, they agreed on the repatriation of 2,000 refugees per week.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On October 28th, UNHCR issued a communiqu\u00e9 mounting pressure on Burundian refugees and asylum-seekers to return home &#8211; despite assurances from the authorities that the return of refugees will be voluntary and free from intimidation. In addition, no refugee will be forced to return. \u201cWe continue to call upon both governments to consider and uphold [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":13693,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21,670],"tags":[1169,1031],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14303"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14303"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14306,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14303\/revisions\/14306"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}