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Mahama Refugee Camp: One Year On

22 April 2016 - Today, Mahama camp has been open for one year—in which it already became the largest refugee camp in Rwanda. Home to nearly 50,000 Burundian refugees, Mahama has surpassed the five other camps in this small country which are hosting 74,000 refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Mahama camp opened on 22 April 2015, following a sudden mass influx of refugees from Burundi who were fleeing violence related to the presidential elections. In a span of just three weeks – between 1 April and 22 April, there were already 9,500 Burundian refugees in urgent need of life-saving humanitarian assistance. The number of Burundian refugees in Rwanda today stands at nearly 76,500, of which two thirds are living in Mahama camp. UNHCR is the UN Refugee Agency, and in Rwanda UNHCR supports the Government to ensure refugees are protected and assisted. The Government and UNHCR jointly lead the refugee response in Rwanda, which includes 16 UN and non-governmental partners. For more information, visit http://www.unhcr.rw/spip.php?article174