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Author: Thijs Van Laer

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Thijs Van Laer

Thijs Van Laer is Programme Manager, Causes and Resolution of Exile, at International Refugee Rights Initiative (IRRI).

  • There are over 230,000 Burundian refugees still in Tanzania. Credit: Gilles Amadou Ouédraogo (LWF).
    BurundiSocietyTanzania
    By Thijs Van Laer
    August 21, 2018
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    “There is pressure on us”: Burundian refugees in Tanzania pushed to return

    With words and actions, the Tanzanian is pressuring Burundian refugees to go home, putting them at greater risk of abuses. Over the last few months, the ...
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  • UN peacekeepers in Tanganyika, one of the regions that has seen escalating conflict. Credit: MONUSCO.
    Congo-KinshasaPolitics
    By Thijs Van Laer
    January 16, 2018
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    The Congo’s political crisis is stirring deadly violence in Kasai and beyond

    The UN has labelled the DRC a “level 3 emergency“. This is its highest warning and puts it on par with Syria and Yemen. Over the ...
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  • Burundian refugees at a camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo. MONUSCO / Abel Kavanagh.
    BurundiSociety
    By Thijs Van Laer
    August 24, 2017
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    Why Burundians continue to flee

    Despite government claims that Burundi is safe, refugees say they will only consider returning under three conditions. On 20 July, President Pierre Nkurunziza left Burundi for ...
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