The minister in charge of Human Rights in Congo Brazzaville announced that refugee status on Rwandans currently staying in Congo-Brazaville reaches an end on 30th June 2012.
According to Afriquinfos, the government of Congo Brazzaville in collaboration with United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) agreed on sensitizing Rwandan refugees to return back to their native country.
Alice Tsoumou Gavouka, the minister said, “the refugee status on any Rwandan living in Congo will be over on 30th June 2012 instead of being 31st December, and later on the government will be working on the issue of Rwandans wishing to remain in Congo Brazzaville.”
This occurs after His Excellency the President of Rwanda on his visit in Congo Brazzaville in 2010 had sensitized, in collaboration with HCR, all the Rwandans to go back to their mother land.
Rwandans estimated on 7800 started living in Congo-Brazzaville as refugees in the beginning, during and after 1994 Tutsi Genocide.
This is among the first steps after, UNHCR in collaboration with the government of Rwanda have decided to abolish the refugee status to all Rwandans living abroad in different countries where the end date set is the 30th June 2013.
Leave a Reply