April, Grayson said. The operation, however, was halted on April 23 by Burundian authorities to enable them and their Rwandan counterparts to meet the asylum seekers in an effort to ease their fears and encourage them to voluntarily return home, she said. Several hundred have returned to Rwanda as a result of the campaign, which is set to end on May 12. «We wish to continue helping these people. But we want to assist them far from the boarder for security reasons, in line with international conventions,» Grayson said. -- SP 2329 Local Time 2029 GMT
