Burkina Faso repatriates 37,136 people from Guinea
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on AIB
Illustrative image · Iqbal farooz · Pexels · Licence PexelsBurkina Faso has brought the number of people repatriated from Guinea to 37,136, including 36,087 Burkinabè and 1,049 nationals of other countries. The fourth convoy and individual arrivals enabled 10,512 people to be received on 11 November, according to CONASUR.
The fourth convoy, buses mobilised by Mali and individual initiatives enabled 10,512 people to be received and registered in Burkina Faso on 11 November, bringing the total number repatriated from Guinea to 37,136, according to the National Council for Emergency Relief and Rehabilitation (CONASUR).
The total comprises 36,087 Burkinabè and 1,049 nationals of other countries, including 36,191 men, 945 women and 7,988 children. CONASUR, chaired by Family and Solidarity Minister Passowendé Pélagie Kabré/Kaboré, said the return operations are continuing in very good conditions and that it is maintaining efforts to receive and support the repatriated people.
The new figures come a day after 26,624 Burkinabè expelled from Guinea were received in Burkina Faso. They also come four days after Pélagie Kaboré put the number of affected nationals at 50,000, on 7 November.
