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Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Refugee influx poses challenges to WFP

LYDIA SHEKIGHENDA
THE influx of Burundi refugees in Tanzania poses major challenges to the World Food Programme (WFP) as it experiences a shortfall in funding, it was disclosed yesterday.

WFP Writer-Public Information, Max Wohlgemuth, revealed this during a brief visit to the Tanzania Standard Newspapers Limited (TSN) headquarters in Dar es Salaam yesterday.
He said that according to figures from the UN High Commissioner for Refugee (UNHCR) that between September and October the agency recorded more than 10,000 arrivals.
“This is a large number of refugees crossing over into the country per month when compared to the number of refugees recorded in April, May and June, this year,” he explained.
The situation has adversely affected WFP’s financial needs, hence the appeal for further support from donors to address the situation. to WFP Tanzania’s Burundian Refugees External Situation Report 2016, as of October 10 over 167,000 Burundian refugees had entered the country in April 2015

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