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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.
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.
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.
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 Campaign Against Genocide Museum is one of the eight museums managed by the Rwanda Cultural Heritage Academy.It is housed in the Parliamentary building of Rwanda (the former Conseil National de Development) and was inaugurated in 2017 by Paul Kagame with an aim to showcase the history of Rwanda during the campaign against the genocide against the Tutsi.
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Refugee camp in Zaire, 1994. Following the RPF victory, approximately two million Hutu fled to refugee camps in neighbouring countries, particularly Zaire, fearing RPF reprisals for the Rwandan genocide. [282] The camps were crowded and squalid and tens of thousands of refugees died in disease epidemics, including cholera and dysentery.