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BUJUMBURA, 7 May 2009 (IRIN) - Returning to Burundi after years as a refugee in Tanzania, Jonas Saya knew it would be difficult to reclaim his land from former neighbours who had settled on it.

"I wanted my children to get a home of their own," he said. Saya, 56, returned with six children after spending 37 years in Ulyankulu old settlement, western Tanzania.

One of the many Burundians who fled their country after civil war broke out in 1972, Saya had left his land vacant.

Over the years, however, the government encouraged people who had stayed behind to occupy vacant land and even offered titles.