The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has said it obtained the release of 67 irregular Ethiopian migrants detained in Tanzania, who were repatriated to Ethiopia thanks to the cooperation between the two governments and the UN agency.
The IOM reports that a project co-funded by the EU has enabled 300 Ethiopians to return voluntarily from Tanzania in June.
About 355,000 refugees from Burundi and DR Congo live in western Tanzania, where they are barred from working or setting foot outside their makeshift camps. The conditions are "miserable," as Prosper Kwigize reports.
Since the beginning of the so-called refugee crisis, Europe has been busy taking care of matters at home. Not much attention is paid to around 16 million refugees on the African continent. The UNHCR reported recently that there are more than ever before. Their situation is often catastrophic, as the example of Burundian refugees in Tanzania shows. A report by Linda Staude for ARD.