04.08.2008 - Source: Refugees International

Northern Uganda: Brief report on the situation of Sudanese refugees; international assistance still needed ("Northern Uganda: International Support for Sudanese Refugees Still Required") [ID 24368]

"[...] the threat of new violence in south Sudan requires ongoing space for refugees to seek asylum in Uganda.

This will be enhanced by ensuring that former refugee settlement areas are rehabilitated and handed over to the local authorities in good condition.

Since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in January 2005, Sudanese refugees who fled to Uganda during more than two decades of conflict between the Government of Sudan and the Sudanese People's Liberation Army/Movement have been returning to south Sudan.

Approximately 58,000 refugees from south Sudan remain in northern Uganda.

Most of the Sudanese who remain have been living in Uganda for over a decade."

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11.03.2008 - Source: US Department of State

526,998 Sudanese refugees reside in neighbouring countries (Chad, Uganda, Ethiopia, DRC, CAR, Egypt, Eritrea, Kenya); more than 56,000 refugees returned home in 2007 ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2007") [ID 23227]

"The UNHCR reported that 526,998 Sudanese refugees resided in neighboring countries, because of the conflicts in the south and Darfur.

Some 231,000 of these were in Chad, and another 162,000 were in Uganda; the remainder were in Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Egypt, Eritrea, and Kenya.

Improved security in the south increased the return of displaced populations into areas of origin that were severely affected by the war and lacked basic services.

More than 56,000 refugees and tens of thousands of internally displaced persons from the north/south conflict returned to their areas of origin, particularly to the Nuba Mountains region and Central Equatoria."

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06.03.2008 - Source: Integrated Regional Information Network

UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is to step up repatriation of Southern Sudanese refugees from Uganda, despite logistical constraints that have slowed progress ("More refugees to be repatriated") [ID 23328]

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