Tanzanian faced in October huge inflow of new Burundian refugees and Doctors Without Borders medical humanitarian organization has warned the authorities.
The group said the number has increased by five times in past four months period and each month the influx is about 10,000 Burundi refugees into the country.
Tanzania currently has three camps and nearly 250,000 refugees from Burundi and Congo have been squeezed into those which is more than the saturation level.
Doctors Without Borders estimate by the end of this year the number would hit 280,000 and this is a matter of concern as the camps would not be able to cope with the predicted influx.
Head of Doctors Without Borders David Nash the situation is becoming Africa’s biggest refugee crisis and despite warning earlier this year very little has been done and also those are mostly underfunded.
The Nduta camp is learned to be full but still about 10,000 Burundians and 850 Congolese arrived in October.
Experts believe the food distribution would be soon curtailed due to lack of funds. Also, the World Food Programme (WFP) lately announced to be curtailing the food rations to the camps by about 40 percent.
The future seems more challenging as the arrival of more refugees are cause of concern.
Doctors Without Borders group has been working in the country since May last year when the first batch of Burundians arrived.
Meanwhile, calls have been made to the international efforts for providing aids to meet the refugee crisis challenge.
