31 Concerning the right of asylum, the Republic of Burundi recognizes this right in Article 50 of the Constitution of 18 March 2005. The Government has put in place the Decree-Law N° 1/32 of 13 November 2008 on asylum and the protection of refugees in Burundi. Three Ministerial Orders regarding asylum have also been promulgated: - Ministerial Order N° 530/442 of 7 April 2009 on the measures of application of the law N°1/32 of November 2008 on asylum and the protection of refugees in Burundi and relative to the procedures for the requesting of asylum. - Ministerial Order N° 530/443 of 7 April 2009 on the measures of application of the law N°1/32 of November 2008 on asylum and the protection of refugees in Burundi and relative to the composition, organization and functioning of the Consultative Commission for Foreigners and Refugees and the Appeals Committee. - Ministerial Order N° 530/881 of 6 July 2009 on the appointment of the members of the Consultative Commission for Foreigners and Refugees (CCER) and the Appeals Committee (CR). Burundi is also signatory to the 1951 Convention on Refugees and to its 1967 Protocol, as well as to the 1969 OAU Convention governing the aspects relating to problems of refugees in Africa. The Ministry of the Interior in collaboration with the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in 2009 established a specialized bureau for asylum matters. This entity was called the National Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (ONPRA). On 30 April 2010, the refugees from the DRC living on Burundian territory were 37,308 distributed in the camps and urban centres. Site Gasorwe in the Muyinga Province: 9,448 in 2,165 households; Site Musasa in Ngozi Province: 6,515 (1,623 households) Site Bwagiriza 6 in Ruyigi Province: 3,541 (627 households) The Rwandan refugees total 643 and live in the Bukemba and Giharo Sites of Rutana Province. Urbans: 7,301 (1,477 households) The asylum seekers total 10,144 namely 2,200 households. 6 This Site had been opened after the closure of the Gihinga Site in Mwaro.