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Uganda is one of the largest refugee-hosting nations in the world, [1] [2] with over 1,529,904 refugees (as of 28 February 2022 [3]).Most of the refugees in Uganda come from neighboring countries such as South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo [4] [5] due to the economic and political instability. [5]
Nakivale refugee settlement was established in 1958 and officially recognized as a refugee settlement in 1960 through the Uganda Gazette General Notice No. 19. [4] [5] Nakivale refugee settlement is the 8th largest refugee camp in the world. [6] Nakivale refugee settlement, is approximately 200 km away from Kampala, Uganda's capital. [4]
Uganda Map. Uganda is one of the largest refugee-hosting nations in the world, [1] [2] with 1,529,904 refugees (as of 28 February 2022 [3]).The vast influx of refugees is due to several factors in Uganda's neighboring countries, especially war and violence in South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, [4] and associated economic crisis and political instability in the region.
The Palorinya Refugee Settlement is a refugee camp in the Moyo District of the Northern Region of Uganda. [1] The majority of the population fled the civil crisis in South Sudan in 2016. Background
IOM's main aid measures include shelter, protection, the provision of basic medical and sanitary care, life safety, coordination, telecommunications and logistics. On the instructions of the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, IOM, together with UNHCR, is primarily responsible for camp coordination and management in humanitarian emergencies. [12]
The UNHCR's Mid-Year Trends report of June 2015 (based on information for mid-2015 or latest available information up to that date) reported an "unprecedented" 57,959,702 individuals falling under its mandate (for reference, on 1 January 2007, 21,018,589 people – or less than half of the number in 2015 – fell under the mandate of the UNHCR).
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ReliefWeb was founded in October 1996 and is administered by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).The project began under the US Department of State, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, which had noticed during the Rwanda crisis how poorly critical operational information was shared between NGOs, UN Agencies and Governments.