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Uganda: Uganda Scraps 'Blanket' Refugee Policy
Monitor, 4 September 2019
Uganda has been called "a country of open-door policy for refugees" and remains the largest refugee-hosting country in Africa, with at least 1.3 million refugees. Read more »
Uganda Scraps Open-Door Refugee Policy
Uganda has for years welcomed refugees in record numbers but now the country's leadership has changed its stance, citing abuse of its hospitality by some foreigners. "We have withdrawn the blanket refugee status to people coming to our country because of a number of criminal elements that is using that channel", said Hillary Onek, who is with the Refugee Appeals Board at the Office of Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda.
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Uganda: Crime Increases, Detectives Overwhelmed - Police Report
Monitor, 19 July 2018
Crime in the country has increased by 3.3 percentage points within a year from 2016 with barely 4,666 of the required 14,000 detectives available to investigate cases, according to… Read more »
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Uganda: Defilement, Theft Top Refugee Camp Crimes
Monitor, 4 March 2019
More than 190 cases of defilement were registered among refugees in 2018, a report by the Refugee Law Project indicates. The Refugee Law Project of Makerere University offers legal… Read more »
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A report by the International Refugee Rights Initiative reveals a mixture of frustration, unemployment, post-traumatic stress, alcohol abuse and fighting among South Sudanese ... Read more »
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Uganda is one of the largest refugee host nations in the world, with over one million refugees and with 36,000 of them unaccompanied and separated children. While most broken ... Read more »
