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UNHCR-assisted returns from Uganda to Sudan top 50,000 Source: UNHCR News Stories Publish date: 18 Apr 2008 Filetype: HTML (2k) |
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UNHCR chief vows to step up repatriation of Sudanese from Uganda Source: UNHCR News Stories Publish date: 5 Mar 2008 Filetype: HTML (0k) |
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UNHCR chief vows to do more for displaced in northern Uganda Source: UNHCR News Stories Publish date: 5 Mar 2008 Filetype: HTML (3k) |
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Many Kenyan refugees in Uganda too scared to return Source: UNHCR News Stories Publish date: 26 Feb 2008 Filetype: HTML (3k) |
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UNHCR Operations
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UNHCR Global Appeal 2008-2009 - Uganda Source: UNHCR Fundraising Reports Publish date: 1 Dec 2007 Filetype: PDF (146k) |
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UNHCR Global Report 2006 - Uganda Source: UNHCR Fundraising Reports Publish date: 1 Jun 2007 Filetype: PDF (114k) |
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Self-reliance strategy (1999 – 2003) for refugee hosting areas in Moyo, Arua and Adjumani districts, Uganda: Report of the mid-term review Source: WorldWide Operations Publish date: 1 Apr 2004 Filetype: PDF (744k) |
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Development Assistance for Refugees (DAR) for Uganda self reliance strategy: Report on mission to Uganda 14 to 20 September 2003 Source: WorldWide Operations Publish date: 20 Sep 2003 Filetype: PDF (293k) |
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Statistics
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2005 UNHCR Statistical Yearbook Country Data Sheet - Uganda Source: UNHCR Statistical Yearbook Country Data Sheets Publish date: 30 Apr 2007 Filetype: PDF (26k) |
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Funding
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Supplementary Appeal for Uganda: Protection and assistance to internally displaced persons in northern Uganda Source: UNHCR Donor Information Publish date: 27 Mar 2007 Filetype: PDF (807k) |
Background, Analysis and Policy
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Participatory Poverty Assessment of Nakivale and Oruchinga Refugee Camps in Southern Uganda: Livelihood Characteristics, Economic Constraints and Recommendations for Change Source: UNHCR Evaluation Reports Publish date: 18 Jul 2002 Filetype: PDF (1400k) |
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The 'refugee aid and development' approach in Uganda: empowerment and self-reliance of refugees in practice, Sarah Meyer Source: New Issues in Refugee Research Publish date: 10 Oct 2006 Filetype: PDF (476k) |
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The State of the World's Refugees 2006 - Chapter 6 Rethinking durable solutions: Box 6.1 The Zambia Initiative and the Ugandan Self-Reliance Strategy
Source: State of the World's Refugees Publish date: 19 Apr 2006 Filetype: HTML (7k) |
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Refugees Magazine Issue 111 (Universal Declaration of Human Rights 50th Anniversary) - Kidnapping the kids... Source: Refugees Magazine Publish date: 1 Mar 1998 Filetype: HTML (5k) |
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UNHCR Maps
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Uganda Administrative Map Source: UNHCR Maps Publish date: 1 Dec 2007 Filetype: PDF (737k) |
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Uganda Atlas Map - November 2007 Source: UNHCR Maps Publish date: 1 Nov 2007 Filetype: PDF (651k) |
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Global Report 2005 - UNHCR in Uganda Source: UNHCR Maps Publish date: 1 Jun 2006 Filetype: PDF (304k) |
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Democratic Republic of the Congo - Uganda border Source: UNHCR Maps Publish date: 23 Jan 2006 Filetype: PDF (176k) |
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Land Borders
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Uganda Self Reliance Strategy
Key Indicators
Top 10 host countries, end-2006 (refugees per million US$ of GDP)
Tanzania
671
Pakistan*
394
D.R. Congo
269
Chad
189
Kenya
189
Syria
183
Uganda
181
Zambia
129
Yemen
128
Iran
121
* Includes only Afghans living in camps who are assisted by UNHCR. A 2005 Pakistan government census suggests a further 1.5 million Afghans living outside camps, some of whom may be refugees.
Source: "UNHCR: An Overview" in UNHCR Global Report 2006.
UNHCR Web Video
Displaced in Uganda: replacing despair with hope
In northern Uganda, a tentative peace has given people enough hope to move out of massive camps for the displaced. For more than a decade, the Lord's Resistance Army attacked targets in the north and abducted children to help fight its battles. The violence has scarred everyone in the region, but it has been especially hard for the abductees to go back home. (5:12)
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Uganda: The Long Wait
For more than a decade, nearly two million people have been confined to camps in areas of northern Uganda where the rebel Lord's Resistance Army operates. With peace negotiations under way, the displaced are slowly returning to their homes and UNHCR is trying to help them restart their lives. (5:43)
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Helping the internally displaced in Uganda
UNHCR has started to assist the almost 1.5 million internally displaced persons in northern Uganda. Forced to flee their homes more than a decade ago, the families are living in squalid conditions in camps. (4:05)
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