Uganda's open-door policy for refugees strained by arrivals from Sudan, DRC, and South Sudan
Briefing note
Uganda's open-door policy for refugees strained by arrivals from Sudan, DRC, and South Sudan
UNHCR helps to save lives and build better futures for the millions of people forced to flee their homes.
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency works to ensure that everybody has the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge, having fled violence, persecution or war at home.
Since 1950, we have faced multiple crises on multiple continents, and provided vital protection and assistance to refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced and stateless people, many of whom have nobody left to turn to.
We help to save lives and build better futures for millions forced from home.
Key facts and figures
108.4 million people worldwide are forcibly displaced.
White
Most refugees – 76 per cent – are hosted by low- and middle-income countries.
White
Latest from X
Having to abandon your home when you are old, fragile and poor is a devastating experience. This is what is happening to thousands of civilians in Ukraine because of increased, relentless Russian attacks in the area of #Kharkiv and other cities, as reported by my colleagues. https://t.co/hDIGoFajJZ
— Filippo Grandi (@FilippoGrandi) May 14, 2024
