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The Rwandan Refugee Crisis: Map

During the months leading up to the genocide in Rwanda, UN officials and western diplomats grew increasingly concerned about the threat to political stability posed by millions of refugees and internally displaced persons in the Great Lakes region.

This map depicts the three overlapping refugee crises on the eve of the genocide: Rwandan refugees living in exile; internally displaced persons in northern Rwanda; and Burundian refugees in southern Rwanda.