22 May 2020 – 800 Congolese stranded in Burundi

Type of Intervention: Advisory, Specific Action
Sectors Involved: Executive Office
Intervention Categories: International travel measures; Repatriation of nationals
Level of Jurisdiction: National
Lead People/Agency: It was the Burundian and Congolese governments who found a compromise in order to repatriate the Congolese in question to their country. They returned via the Kamvivira border to the town of Uvira, the capital of the territory of the same name in the province of South Kivu.

Overview: 800 Congolese stranded in Burundi following COVID-19 return to the Democratic Republic of Congo
Full details here: https://acpcongo.com/index.php/2020/05/22/800-congolais-bloques-au-burundi-suite-a-la-covid-19-regagnent-la-rdc-par-la-frontiere-de-kavimvira/

Type of Justification: Advice of INTERNAL government advisory committee or group