Reference :
V-P-TZ-E-00047
Date :
09/06/2015
Caption :
Mekere, Nyagurusu Refugee camp, Tanzanian Red Cross Society tracing unit. Consolate Manirakiza, who is 20 years old and who has fled ongoing political violence in Burundi, speaks to her husband on the phone.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
publication without restrictions
Description :
Thousands of Burundian refugees have fled ongoing political violence in Burundi.
ICRC website, article of the 19th June 2015:
" [...] The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement's Restoring Family Links initiative works around the world to locate separated families and put relatives back in contact. The Movement can help restore and maintain contact between family members in situations of armed conflict, other types of violence, natural or man-made disasters and migration.
Since the beginning of the influx of the Burundi population to Tanzania, the Tanzania Red Cross Society, with support from the ICRC, has facilitated more than 8,000 phone calls and carried out 217 family reunifications in the Nyagurusu camp. [...] "
Original material :
digital
Resolution :
5760x3840
Orientation :
landscape
Colour/B&W :
colour
