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At least 127,000 Burundians have fled to neighbouring countries [ Zoe Flood/Al Jazeera]
Hundreds of ordinary Burundians continue to flee political instability and electionrelated violence just days before the country heads to the polls next week, the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said.
Massoumeh Farman-Farmaian, spokesperson for the UNHCR in Kasulu,
Tanzania, told Al Jazeera on Friday that the UN agency had a plan for up to tens of
thousands more fleeing neighbouring Burundi.
"With everything happening in Burundi, we are anticipating that upto 150,000 more
people could still flee Burundi and we are prepared for that," Farman-Farmaian said.
At least 127,000 Burundians have fled to neighbouring Tanzania (62,000), Rwanda
(45,000), Uganda (8,855), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (10,590),and
he camp is now home to 120,000 refugees, "making for congested living conditions and