Burundi/Rwanda: Asylum seekers intimidated to return home, UN agency says

Hundreds of Rwandan asylum seekers, who had fled to Burundi in fear of tribunals at home, may have been intimidated to return to Rwanda, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has reported. "UNHCR is not organising these departures and is often not present when the asylum seekers are leaving the sites," Ron Redmond, UNHCR spokesman, was quoted as saying on Friday in Geneva.