Refugees from Burundi: Total

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Refugees from Burundi: Total JSON 
103,780
Last updated 31 May 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 31 May 2025   0.0% 2
Aru Government, UNHCR 31 May 2025   0.0% 1
Biringi Government, UNHCR 31 May 2025   0.0% 1
Dadaab 31 May 2025   0.0% 46
Dagahaley Ref. Camp 31 May 2025   0.0% 15
Dar es Salaam Government, UNHCR 31 May 2025   0.0% 22
Eastern Government, MINEMA, UNHCR 31 May 2025   11.0% 40,465
Fafi 31 May 2025   0.0% 15
Garissa 31 May 2025   0.0% 46
Hagadera Ref. Camp 31 May 2025   0.0% 15
Haut-Katanga Government, UNHCR 31 May 2025   0.4% 1,287
Huye Urban Government, MINEMA, UNHCR 31 May 2025   0.2% 663
Ifo 2 Ref. Camp 31 May 2025   0.0% 8
Ifo Ref. Camp 31 May 2025   0.0% 46
Isingiro 31 May 2025   9.4% 34,697
Ituri Government, UNHCR 31 May 2025   0.0% 1
Kakuma Refugee Camp 31 May 2025   1.8% 6,448
Kalehe Government, UNHCR 31 May 2025   0.0% 35
Kalobeyei 31 May 2025   0.4% 1,604
Kamwenge 31 May 2025   0.0% 48
Kasai Oriental Government, UNHCR 31 May 2025   0.0% 1
Kigali Urban Government, MINEMA, UNHCR 31 May 2025   2.0% 7,202
Kigeme Camp Government, MINEMA, UNHCR 31 May 2025   0.0% 1
Kinshasa Government, UNHCR 31 May 2025   0.0% 59
Kinshasa Government, UNHCR 31 May 2025   0.0% 59
Kiryandongo 31 May 2025   0.0% 43
Kiziba Camp Government, MINEMA, UNHCR 31 May 2025   0.0% 8
Kyegegwa 31 May 2025   0.9% 3,424
Lomami Government, UNHCR 31 May 2025   0.0% 10
Lualaba Government, UNHCR 31 May 2025   0.0% 32
Lukolo (Rural Area) Government, UNHCR 31 May 2025   0.1% 237
Lusenda Government, UNHCR 31 May 2025   7.2% 26,366
Mahama Camp Government, MINEMA, UNHCR 31 May 2025   11.0% 40,465
Maniema Government, UNHCR 31 May 2025   0.1% 237
Mulongwe (Rural Area) Government, UNHCR 31 May 2025   4.1% 14,963
Nairobi 31 May 2025   0.5% 1,813
Nduta Government, UNHCR 31 May 2025   15.3% 56,317
Nord-Kivu Government, UNHCR 31 May 2025   0.2% 685
Northern Region 31 May 2025   0.0% 9
Nyabiheke Camp Government, MINEMA, UNHCR 31 May 2025   0.0% 6
Nyarugusu Camp Government, UNHCR 31 May 2025   12.9% 47,441
South-Kivu Government, UNHCR 31 May 2025   2.1% 7,567
Southern Government, MINEMA, UNHCR 31 May 2025   0.2% 663
Sud Kivu Government, UNHCR 31 May 2025   7.2% 26,366
Tanganyika Government, UNHCR 31 May 2025   0.1% 352
Turkana 31 May 2025   1.8% 6,448
Turkana West 31 May 2025   1.8% 6,448
Western Government, MINEMA, UNHCR 31 May 2025   0.0% 8
Western Region 31 May 2025   9.4% 34,697

Refugees from Burundi: Total (Post-April 2015 Time Chart) JSON 
Refugees from Burundi: Post-April 2015 Influx JSON 
102,579
Last updated 31 May 2025
Source - Government, UNHCR 
Refugees from Burundi: Pre-April 2015 Influx JSON 
1,201
Last updated 31 May 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 (3 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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