Dozens of young Burundians expelled from Tanzania in recent months

Young Burundians are heading to Tanzania in the hopes of finding work. But when they arrive, some are accused of being illegal, and are hunted down, arrested, beaten, and imprisoned before being sent back to Burundi. Upon their return, they are often taken in by families in Mabanda, in southern Burundi.

A native of Kayanza in northern Burundi, 23-year-old Habimana Domatien recalls his detention in Kasulu Prison. “We found ourselves…