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Friday 31 Jul 2015 - 19:44 Makkah mean time-15-10-1436
Photo: UN Refugee Agency
Kampala (IINA) – Uganda is set to host more refugees fleeing civil unrest and political conflicts in neighbouring countries after the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) by the Office of the Prime Minister, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Yunus Social Business group to develop the livelihoods of refugees in the country, news agencies reported.
Speaking on the sidelines of the signing ceremony here on Thursday, Apollo Kazungu, Uganda's commissioner for refugees, said Uganda would be hosting more than half a million refugees by the end of this year, which involved looking at beyond the humanitarian aspects and considering also agents of development.
"We currently have 460,000 refugees in Uganda. We have to prepare ourselves to host these people because of the dynamics in the (African) Great Lakes region," Kazungu said.
The agreement is also aimed at helping the refugees gradually move towards self-reliance.
UNHCR's latest reports showed that the number of Burundian refugees arriving in Uganda since November 2014 had reached more than 7,700.
Kazungu said between December 2013 and March 2014, Uganda received more than 100,000 refugees. He added that Uganda also receives refugees from South Sudan, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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