Refugees

AFRICA: Fresh influx of Burundians to bolster Museveni’s refugee forex earnings

A FRESH INFLUX OF BURUNDIANS TO BOLSTER MUSEVENI’S REFUGEE FOREX EARNING Uganda’s military dictator has duped both Ugandans and the international community with his so-called ‘liberal’ refugee policy. His regional Read More

FRANCE: Asylum and Immigration

Asylum and Immigration France has become the arrival point for migratory flows far greater than any previously experienced. In such a context, a law on controlled immigration, effective right of Read More

South Sudanese Refugees Transform a Camp Into a City in Uganda

FILE – An aerial view shows Bidi Bidi refugee camp, home to displaced South Sudanese families, in Yumbe district, in northern Uganda, April 5, 2017. BIDI BIDI CAMP, UGANDA (VOA Read More

More refugees from Burundi enter Uganda: UNHCR

Burundian refugees walking to Nduta refugee camp in Kigoma, northwest Tanzania, on October 7, 2015. There has been a more than normal spike in Burundian refugee arrivals in Uganda, UNHCR Read More

South Sudanese Refugees in Uganda Rising Conflict – Report

FILE – Refugees from South Sudan wait to receive treatment at the Bidibidi health center in the Northern District of Yumbe, Uganda, April 14, 2017. Report: Conflict Rising Among South Read More

South Sudanese Refugees in Uganda Rising Conflict – Report

FILE – Refugees from South Sudan wait to receive treatment at the Bidibidi health center in the Northern District of Yumbe, Uganda, April 14, 2017. Report: Conflict Rising Among South Read More

UN opposes forced repatriation of refugees to Burundi

FILE – In this Saturday, May 23, 2015 file photo, refugees who fled Burundi’s violence and political tension wait to board a UN ship, at Kagunga on Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania,Read More

UNHCR: 360,000 Displaced in Congo’s Ituri Province Struggling to Survive

FILE – A woman holds a child on her shoulders in an internally displaced persons camp outside the town of Bunia, in Ituri province, June 21, 2019. GENEVA (VOA News)Read More

MIGRANTS: Hundreds stranded on Mediterranean rescue boats

In this file photo from 2018, the Proactiva Open Arms rescue boat is seen docked at the Center for Temporary Assistance to Foreigners (CATE) in the port of Algeciras, in Read More

Uganda: Open letter to speaker Kadaga on refugee aid (VIDEO)

OPEN LETTER TO THE SPEAKER ON REFUGEE AID Right Hon. Speaker Parliament of Uganda Attn: Hon. R. Kadaga Re: UGANDA’S REFUGEE ‘HOSPITALITY’ IS A SHAM With due respect, allow me Read More