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And it's a country where you can live in peace and educate your children.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPERCAPTION: Emmanuel Sibomana, Burundian Refugee\u003cbr/\u003eOfficials from the United Nations High Commission for Refugees give the heads of each family a briefing on their travel plans.\u003cbr/\u003eThose not lucky enough to be granted asylum watch quietly through the fence.\u003cbr/\u003eThese resettlement applicants had expressed fear they would be killed if they were to return to either Rwanda or Burundi.\u003cbr/\u003eA Hutu spouse feared being killed by Tutsi leaders and the Tutsi spouse feared the same fate from Hutu forces.\u003cbr/\u003eThere was also danger from their own ethnic groups -- who may view them as traitors.\u003cbr/\u003eAt 4 A-M the next morning, it's time to leave.\u003cbr/\u003eAfter a final check on the bus...\u003cbr/\u003e...And final waves out the door...\u003cbr/\u003eThe bus departs amid raucous cheering.\u003cbr/\u003eThe next day, the group waits at a teaching college in Mwanza.\u003cbr/\u003eOscar Niyiragira has dressed his boys in their finest clothes for their trip to America. \u003cbr/\u003eHe says countries like the U-S have a responsibility to accept the children of mixed marriages.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English) \u003cbr/\u003e\"You know, this one, he's neither a Hutu nor a Tutsi. He's mixed. So there is no where here he can find peace. If he goes to the side of the Tutsis, he'll be killed. If he goes in the Hutuland, he'll be killed.\" \u003cbr/\u003eSUPERCAPTION: Oscar Niyiragira, Burundian Hutu Refugee\u003cbr/\u003eBut Niyiragira admits he has regrets about taking his children away from their homeland.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English) \u003cbr/\u003e\"It makes me a bit sick because my children are going to lose all my culture.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPERCAPTION: Oscar Niyiragira, Burundian Hutu Refugee\u003cbr/\u003eThe final stop before the airport, a medical clinic for the last doctor's screening.\u003cbr/\u003eThese refugees have all been screened for HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis. \u003cbr/\u003eNow the kids get inoculations...\u003cbr/\u003eWhile some prepare to converse in a new language.\u003cbr/\u003eFinally, it's time for take off.\u003cbr/\u003eThis plane will take them to Nairobi. \u003cbr/\u003eFrom the Kenyan capital they are due to catch the plane to Washington D-C.\u003cbr/\u003eOnce in the U-S, all the refugees will be sent to different locations, where they'll receive help finding homes and jobs.\u003cbr/\u003eU-N-H-C-R officials say they are still trying to negotiate solutions that mean refugees like these can return to Burundi and Rwanda and live in peace.\u003cbr/\u003eBut so far, no durable solution has been found.\u003cbr/\u003eAnd that means this group must look beyond the horizon to find a better future.\u003cbr/\u003e Mkugwa Refugee Camp - 1 \u0026amp; 2 Dec 1998; Mwanza - 3 Dec 1998,  Western Tanzania \u003cbr/\u003eMkugwa Refugee Camp - Dec 1\u003cbr/\u003e1. Various of Emmanuel Sibomana carving\u003cbr/\u003e2. Various of his carvings in his yard\u003cbr/\u003e3. SOUNDBITE: (French) Emmanuel Sibomana, Burundian Refugee\u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide shot of UNHCR official explaining the transfer\u003cbr/\u003e5. Various of refugees who have not been accepted watching through fence\u003cbr/\u003e6. Aid worker hands out forms\u003cbr/\u003e7. Refugee receives forms\u003cbr/\u003e8. Wide of aid worker handing out forms\u003cbr/\u003eMkugwa Refugee Camp - Dec 2 \u003cbr/\u003e9. (Night shots) Refugees board bus to airport\u003cbr/\u003e10. Shot from inside bus of refugee kids climbing on bus\u003cbr/\u003e11. Various of official checking papers\u003cbr/\u003e12. Man waves and shakes hands through bus door\u003cbr/\u003e13. Bus drives away\u003cbr/\u003eMwanza - Dec 3  \u003cbr/\u003e14. Exterior teaching college\u003cbr/\u003e15. Oscar Niyiragira walks down stairs with his sons\u003cbr/\u003e16. Cutaway to other kids\u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE: (English) Oscar Niyiragira, Burundian Hutu Refugee\u003cbr/\u003e18. Cutaway to his son\u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE: (English) Oscar Niyiragira, Burundian Hutu Refugee\u003cbr/\u003e20. Wide of clinic where pre-flight health check is made\u003cbr/\u003e21. Various of young girl receiving inoculation\u003cbr/\u003e22. Various of young man studying English book\u003cbr/\u003e23. Wide of airplane on tarmac\u003cbr/\u003e24. Plane taxis down runway\u003cbr/\u003e25. Cutaway to boys watching\u003cbr/\u003e26. 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