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The refugees settled in massive camps almost directly on the Rwandan border, organized by their former leaders in Rwanda. Joël Boutroue, a senior UNHCR staff member in the refugee camps, wrote, "Discussions with refugee leaders...showed that exile was the continuation of war by other means." [12] The result was dramatic.
Kiziba refugee camp in the west of Rwanda, 2014 Refugee camp in Beirut, c. 1920–25. Refugee camp (located in present-day eastern Congo-Kinshasa) for Rwandans following the Rwandan genocide of 1994 A camp in Guinea for refugees from Sierra Leone Mitzpe Ramon, development camp for Jewish refugees, southern Israel, 1957
C-5 Galaxy cargo jet participating in Operation Support Hope at Moi International Airport, Mombasa, Kenya in July 1994.. Operation Support Hope was a 1994 United States military effort to provide immediate relief for the refugees of the Rwandan genocide and allow a smooth transition to a full United Nations humanitarian management program.
The camp had local leaders in the 25 "villages" that make up the camp as well as two health centres, a bus service and a market of stall holders. In eighteen months the refugee camp rivalled the sixth biggest city in Rwanda in terms of population. [4] In 2021 there were estimated to be 125,000 refugees in Rwanda despite 27,000 returning to Burundi.
Gihembe is a camp of Congolese refugees located in Gicumbi District and is home to 12,904 residents. On 15 December 2014, Gihembe Refugee Camp in Gicumbi District received a visit from Howard G. Buffett , who pledged funding to assist with repatriation of Congolese refugees.
The RPF began a programme of rebuilding the infrastructure and economy of the country, bringing genocide perpetrators to trial, and promoting reconciliation between Hutu and Tutsi. In 1996 the RPF-led Rwandan Government launched an offensive against refugee camps in Zaire, home to exiled leaders of the former regime and millions of Hutu refugees.
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