The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Wednesday, 1 July, announced in Dar es Salaam that the number of Burundian refugees in Tanzania is likely to increase from the current 70,000 to between 250,000 and 500,000 as a result of the continued volatile situation related to the presidential elections in Burundi, scheduled to be held on 15 July.
Since the beginning of June approximately 250 new arrivals were recorded in Kigoma, the western region of Tanzania each day, but over the last week this number has risen substantially. In the last three days of June alone, over 6,500 new refugees have entered Tanzania according to official figures.
The situation at the border between Tanzania and Burundi is already tense and we are set to see this escalate as the 15th of July Presidential election date approaches. The refugee crisis that started in early May has continued to worsen, with a steady stream of new refugees entering Tanzania. New arrivals are reporting increasing violence in rural Burundi.
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