Refugees from Burundi: Total

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Refugees from Burundi: Total JSON 
101,720
Last updated 30 Nov 2025
Source - Government, UNHCR 
A note on the refugee population from Burundi
The above total reflects the refugee population covered by the Burundi Regional Refugee Response Plan and includes Burundian refugees who fled since April 2015, as well as the smaller population who had sought asylum in Tanzania prior to April 2015. It does not include a further 42,000 Burundian refugees who have lived for decades in Tanzania and no longer receive assistance.
Refugees from Burundi: Breakdown By Location JSON 
Location name Source Data date Population
Adjumani 30 Nov 2025   0.0% 2
Aru Government, UNHCR 30 Nov 2025   0.0% 1
Biringi Government, UNHCR 30 Nov 2025   0.0% 1
Dadaab 30 Nov 2025   0.0% 52
Dagahaley Ref. Camp 30 Nov 2025   0.0% 16
Dar es Salaam Government, UNHCR 30 Nov 2025   0.0% 22
Eastern Government, MINEMA, UNHCR 30 Nov 2025   11.3% 41,007
Fafi 30 Nov 2025   0.0% 14
Garissa 30 Nov 2025   0.0% 52
Hagadera Ref. Camp 30 Nov 2025   0.0% 14
Haut-Katanga Government, UNHCR 30 Nov 2025   0.3% 1,103
Huye Urban Government, MINEMA, UNHCR 30 Nov 2025   0.2% 673
Ifo 2 Ref. Camp 30 Nov 2025   0.0% 12
Ifo Ref. Camp 30 Nov 2025   0.0% 52
Isingiro 30 Nov 2025   9.9% 35,732
Ituri Government, UNHCR 30 Nov 2025   0.0% 1
Kakuma Refugee Camp 30 Nov 2025   1.8% 6,641
Kalehe Government, UNHCR 30 Nov 2025   0.0% 35
Kalobeyei 30 Nov 2025   0.5% 1,645
Kamwenge 30 Nov 2025   0.0% 58
Kigali Urban Government, MINEMA, UNHCR 30 Nov 2025   2.0% 7,185
Kigeme Camp Government, MINEMA, UNHCR 30 Nov 2025   0.0% 1
Kinshasa Government, UNHCR 30 Nov 2025   0.0% 59
Kinshasa Government, UNHCR 30 Nov 2025   0.0% 59
Kiryandongo 30 Nov 2025   0.0% 43
Kiziba Camp Government, MINEMA, UNHCR 30 Nov 2025   0.0% 8
Kyegegwa 30 Nov 2025   1.0% 3,495
Lomami Government, UNHCR 30 Nov 2025   0.0% 10
Lualaba Government, UNHCR 30 Nov 2025   0.0% 31
Lukolo (Rural Area) Government, UNHCR 30 Nov 2025   0.1% 237
Lusenda Government, UNHCR 30 Nov 2025   6.7% 24,411
Mahama Camp Government, MINEMA, UNHCR 30 Nov 2025   11.3% 41,007
Maniema Government, UNHCR 30 Nov 2025   0.1% 237
Mulongwe (Rural Area) Government, UNHCR 30 Nov 2025   3.8% 13,886
Nairobi 30 Nov 2025   0.5% 1,827
Nduta Government, UNHCR 30 Nov 2025   15.2% 55,189
Nord-Kivu Government, UNHCR 30 Nov 2025   0.2% 694
Northern Region 30 Nov 2025   0.0% 9
Nyabiheke Camp Government, MINEMA, UNHCR 30 Nov 2025   0.0% 6
Nyarugusu Camp Government, UNHCR 30 Nov 2025   12.8% 46,509
South-Kivu Government, UNHCR 30 Nov 2025   1.7% 6,291
Southern Government, MINEMA, UNHCR 30 Nov 2025   0.2% 673
Sud Kivu Government, UNHCR 30 Nov 2025   6.7% 24,411
Tanganyika Government, UNHCR 30 Nov 2025   0.1% 278
Turkana 30 Nov 2025   1.8% 6,641
Turkana West 30 Nov 2025   1.8% 6,641
Western Government, MINEMA, UNHCR 30 Nov 2025   0.0% 8
Western Region 30 Nov 2025   9.9% 35,732

Refugees from Burundi: Total (Post-April 2015 Time Chart) JSON 
Refugees from Burundi: Post-April 2015 Influx JSON 
100,582
Last updated 30 Nov 2025
Source - Government, UNHCR 
Refugees from Burundi: Pre-April 2015 Influx JSON 
1,138
Last updated 30 Nov 2025
Source - Government, UNHCR 
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  Highlights
UNHCR has made significant progress in the construction of transitional shelters in all three camps in North West Tanzania in anticipation of the rainy season.
10 Oct 2016
- 2,443 New Arrivals recorded so far in July 2016, averaging 111 individuals a day.
30 Apr 2016
1,637 inter-camp family reunification performed; including previously Unaccompanied/Separated Children and female spouses.
30 Apr 2016
- 27,793 Burundian refugees relocated from Nyarugusu to Nduta and Mtendeli between 07-Oct-2015 and 30-Apr-2016.
30 Apr 2016
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RRP Financial Information (2021)
$101,692,513
Total appeal
Date of Funding Data 28 October 2021 (4 years ago)
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More refugees flee Burundi ahead of elections

UNHCR, 29 Jun 2015

NYARUGUSU REFUGEE CAMP, Tanzania, June 29, (UNHCR) – More than 6,000 refugees fleeing Burundi have crossed over into Tanzania in the last three days, taking to over 66,000 the total number of refugees who have arrived from its central African neighbour since May 1, according to the UN refugee agency... Read more

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More than 100,000 refugees vaccinated against cholera in Tanzania

UNHCR, 26 Jun 2015

NYARUGUSU REFUGEE CAMP, Tanzania, June 26 (UNHCR) – More than 100,000 refugees have been vaccinated against cholera in a major initiative to prevent a repeat outbreak of the epidemic which killed 31 people last month in northwestern Tanzania. Twenty five temporary vaccination sites were set up in... Read more

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Tanzania cholera epidemic deaths among Burundian refugees and local population halted, new cases down sharply

UNHCR, 26 May 2015

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, on 26 May 2015, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. In western Tanzania's Lake Tanganyika area, containment measures to deal with a cholera epidemic that has c... Read more

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Rescue on Lake Tanganyika

UNHCR TRACKS, 26 May 2015

Kagunga is a small Tanzanian village close to the border with Burundi. Wedged between a steep mountain range and the waters of Lake Tanganyika, it has little access to other parts of Tanzania except by boat. And so, almost overnight, this sleepy fishing community has become the focal point of a huma... Read more

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Cholera epidemic among refugee and host communities in Tanzania claims 31 lives, situation worsening

UNHCR, 22 May 2015

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, on 22 May 2015, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. With refugees still fleeing from Burundi into neighbouring countries, the cholera epidemic declared by the ... Read more

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