Browsing by Author "Regional Durable Solutions Secretariat (ReDSS)"

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    Supporting Refugees and Host Communities in East Africa
    (Regional Durable Solutions Secretariat (ReDSS), 2017) Regional Durable Solutions Secretariat (ReDSS)
    Displacement in Eastern Africa is predominantly of a protracted nature. At the end of May 2017, there were almost 13 million people displaced in the region- with 4 million refugees mostly from South Sudan and Somalia, and at least half are children. More than one million children have fled escalating violence in South Sudan, so almost one in five children. The vast majority of refugees have been hosted in neighboring countries for decades. Uganda for instance is currently hosting 1.2 million refugees making it the largest refugee-hosting country in Africa. Uganda has welcomed more refugees in the last month of 2016 than the total number of refugees and migrants crossing the Mediterranean into Europe in the entire year.
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    Time to invest and support Uganda’s progressive refugee policy
    (Regional Durable Solutions Secretariat (ReDSS), 2017) Regional Durable Solutions Secretariat (ReDSS)
    The Regional Durable Solutions Secretariat (ReDSS), welcomes the Solidarity Summit on Refugees taking place on the 22nd – 23rd June, 2017 in Kampala, Uganda. The Summit is a key opportunity for the international community and partners to support Uganda’s tremendous effort in implementing its progressive refugee policy model despite hosting large numbers of refugees. Uganda is Africa’s largest refugee hosting country with a total of over 1.2 million refugees and ranks among the top three refugee hosting nations in the world. Despite the ongoing influx of refugees and more than 2,000 South Sudanese arriving daily, Uganda continues to uphold to its out of camps policy, including the provision of freedom of movement and the right to work. However, the massive influx combined with severe humanitarian underfunding puts hundreds of thousands of refugees’ lives at risk.