TANZANIA. Kigoma and Kisulu districts in Western Tanzania.

Home for more than 40,000 Congolese refugees, Nyarugusu camp is run by the UNHCR. On 16th Septemebr 2009 the neighboring Congolese camp of Luguf was closed down by the Tanzanian government. 1200 refugees were sent to Nyarugusu Camp in a convoy of 23 trucks and buses.

Trucks arrive in Nyarugusu and the refugees face spending their first night in the open. Officials process the families arriving with strict controls over what materials are issued to help them build new houses and shelters. On the first night they are given one meal of maize porridge per person, String, Plastic sheeting, poles, bricks and other materials to build a temporary shelter for the first night.



2009