‘An unprecedented influx’: the EU responds to the Burundi–DR Congo border crisis

Published on December 16, 2025

A renewed offensive by the M23 rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo’s South Kivu province has displaced around 500,000 people, and driven tens of thousands across the border into Burundi, overwhelming fragile transit sites and stretching already limited humanitarian resources.

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