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A Hutu man rests at the
Mugunzu border station in northern Tanzania after escaping Burundi on his bicycle. The
mountains on the horizon are in Burundi. |
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A column of Hutu refugees with cooking
pots, food and a few chickens file into northern Tanzania from Burundi. Many of these new
refugees are peasants and reported harassment from Tutsi soldiers. |
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Newly arrived refugees peer out of a
UNHCR (United Nations High Commision for Refugees) truck on a road near Kibondo, Tanzania,
en route to the Mtendeli refugee camp. |
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Brothers wait for a meal of roasted
corn at the Mugunzu border station in northern Tanzania. This will be the first meal for
the Hutu family after leaving Burundi. |
Kibondo, Tanzania
Made my first trip to the [Tanzania-Burundi] border to see new arrivals. Many were from
the southern provinces of Burundi, but some had walked from central Burundi. Most were
peasants and they reported harassment from Tutsi soldiers. We transported two mothers with
very ill children to the hospital. One had severe dehydration, the other symptoms of
malaria. It was the first time they had been in a car! There were between 400 and 500 new
arrivals just today. Sometimes local Tanzanians show up at the border station looking to
make trades with the new arrivals. Some try to steal what little the refugees brought with
them.
 
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