Refugees

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

Germany joins UK, Japan in suspending refugee funding in Uganda

By THE OBSERVER The governments of Japan, the United Kingdom (UK) and Germany have suspended direct funding to Uganda’s refugee programme over the government’s failure to react to last year’s Read More

South Sudan accuses Uganda of harbouring rebels in refugee camps

President Museveni welcomes President Kiir at the State House in Entebbe on 4 April 2019 (Photo Ugandan presidency) MAGWI (Sudan Tribune) – South Sudanese authorities on Friday last week accused Read More

South Sudan accuses Uganda of harbouring rebels in refugee camps

President Museveni welcomes President Kiir at the State House in Entebbe on 4 April 2019 (Photo Ugandan presidency) MAGWI (Sudan Tribune) – South Sudanese authorities on Friday last week accused Read More

ISRAEL: Stateless Eritreans secretly moved to Uganda

Arrival. An International Organisation for Migration official attends to the migrants last year. Most of the refugees expelled from Israel are youth between 18 and 24 years. By DAILY MONITOR Read More

Trump’s Acting head of border agency steps down

FILE – This June 20, 2019, file frame from video shows the entrance of a Border Patrol station in Clint, Texas. U.S. government officials say they’ve moved more than 100 Read More

UN says thousands flee Congo violence, seek asylum in Uganda

People coming from Congo wash their hands with chlorinated water to prevent the spread of infection, at the Mpondwe border crossing with Congo, in western Uganda Friday, June 14, 2019.Read More

UGANDA: Families Headed by Refugee Children Too Common in Camps

FILE – Women stand between the borders of Uganda and South Sudan near Bibi Bidi, Uganda, Dec. 11, 2016. ADJUMANI, UGANDA (VOA News) – Uganda hosts Africa’s largest refugee population Read More