Internally Displaced Persons – 1995
1995
No Implementation 
In April 1995, the UN Officials started to close the IDP camps, which initiative was supported by the government. The first operation was launched on 18 April 1995 when the army surrounded Kibeho camp. The government maintained the position that the internal security had improved significantly and therefore the IDPs should return to their communities. To force the IDPs out of the camp, the government adopted a strategy of not providing food to IDPs, it also deployed the army in the camps.1 As such, the RPF sought to close the camps and eventually turned to force. In April 1995, RPF troops opened fire on IDPs at Kibeho, killing several thousand people.