Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Burundi refugees claim that according to a " prophecy ", the DRC " is their promised land





The provincial governments of North and South Kivu, under the support of the Directorate General for Migration (CMD), mobilized to repatriate more than 1600 Burundians who were in an irregular situation in the DRC. These refugees were found in a dealership located in Lac Vert district in Goma. Some sources say they had been installed there since 2018.
The provincial authorities in North Kivu have decided to repatriate them to Burundi, through Bukavu and Uvira, in South Kivu province. On Tuesday, March 2020, 17, the Vice-Governor and CMD received 1609 people from the boats Emmanuel 2 and 3. After identification, these Burundian people boarded 20 FARDC trucks , under the facilitate of CMD and the Congolese National Police. They were sent to Burundi via Kanvinvira to Uvira, which was their front door.
In Bukavu, while some were wondering how they had entered the Congo, in view and at the knowledge of security services, until they were in Goma; others say they would be the refugees who had settled in Kamanyola and said that, according to divine prophecy, the DRC is their promised land.
One of them, Jean-Claude Ngamichaniye, says they had applied for asylum in the DRC. Unfortunately, the Congolese authorities had completely rejected. He adds that in Burundi, they are victims of religious persecution sponsored by the Catholic Church of Burundi.
" We were persecuted by the church of Burundi, which chased us everywhere. She used the financial means (tithes). Loyal Christians were used to track us down and crush us everywhere. They're taking us all over the streets and even in homes. That's why we ran out of the country ", explains Jean-Claude Ngamichaniye.
On the question of whether they have an armed group, this one talks about the "said". Those who insécurisaient the city of Goma were not our members. He then asked the Burundian authorities to open their doors and welcome them with open arms.
These people were reportedly excommuniées and excluded from the Catholic Church for practices that are contrary to church rituals.

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