Some of the illegal immigrants deported from Tanzania queue to receive relief supplies at Kiyanzi temporary camp in eastern Rwanda. A total of 76 of the deportees are said to be Tanzanian nationals who were sent away by mistake, according to a recent study in Rwanda. PHOTO | COURTESY OF LHRC.
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Mr Patience Mlowe, an official with the Dar es Salaam-based Legal and Human Rights Centre, told The Citizen on Saturday from Rwanda over the phone that these were evicted from their homes in Kagera, Kigoma and Geita regions by mistake.