Burundian Refugees Urged to Repatriate Voluntarily NewTimesRwanda: Rwanda
said they have brought a message of hope to the refugees, who fled their country in 2015 amid unrest that followed an attempted coup to oust late President Pierre Nkurunziza.During a visit to the Mahama camp on Tuesday, December 20, the officials appealed to the refugees to return, saying that the country has been heading in the right direction since 2020, when President Evariste Ndayishimiye took over.
"A new era has been ushered into our country and this is what we want the refugees to understand," said Lt Gen Andre Ndayambaje, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, who heads the Burundian delegation. "We have encouraged them to return home and take part in the development of our country. Some of them have children who should come to their country of origin and work for their families' development," Ndayambaje said.
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