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Athens, Greece | AFP | A Council of Europe project to help refugees to have their qualifications recognised abroad was extended to include more countries on Wednesday. France, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada and Armenia will participate in the second phase of the three-year project, joining Greece, Norway, Italy and the United …

Obo, Central African Republic | AFP | Refugees seeking safety from the atrocities of South Sudan’s unending conflict cross the border only to find themselves in one of Africa’s most war-torn and poorest countries. Neighbouring Central African Republic (CAR) has been ravaged by armed groups vying to control the vast …

  Isingiro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 6,900 refugees have received new attestation forms and ration cards at the end of the first phase of a countrywide biometric verification exercise that started on March 1, 2018  in the Oruchinga refugee settlement in Uganda’s South-West region. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & AFP | Uganda has stepped up investigations into recent corruption allegations by indicting the Commissioner for Refugees in the Office of the Prime Minister Apollo Kazungu. Simon Gerald Menhya has been appointed acting commissioner. Hillary Onek, Minister of disaster preparedness and refugees and Musa Ecweru, …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & AFP | Uganda’s Ministry of Health has confirmed an outbreak of cholera in refugee settlements in Hoima and Kyegegwa Districts a day after up to 26 deaths were reported after attacks of acute diarrhoea. The deaths were recorded at the Kyangwali camp in Hoima close …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & AFP | UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, together with partners in government and NGOs will on March 1 launch a verification exercise targeting all refugees in Uganda. The intervention by UNHCR in Uganda comes weeks after allegations emerged that Ugandan officials are inflating refugee figures in order …

EU gives 100,000 Euros aid to Congolese refugees Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Congolese refugees living in Uganda are set to benefit from aid to the tunes of 100,000 Euros from the European Union. According to a statement by the EU, the money will be available to the International …

Kampala, Uganda | AFP | Uganda must investigate allegations of “human trafficking” and corruption in refugee camps, the UN’s top official in the country told AFP on Monday. Rosa Malango, UN Resident Coordinator in Uganda, said she had written to the government last month over allegations ranging from “corruption to …

United Nations, United States | AFP | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday expressed concerns after Myanmar and Bangladesh reached a deal on the return of hundreds of thousands of Muslim Rohingyas that sidelined the UN refugee agency. “We believe it would be very important to have UNHCR fully involved in …

Rwanda refugees: Cessation Clause on status implemented  Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT TEAM & AGENCIES | 2018 started with a major transformational change for thousands of Rwandans living as refugees in countries around the world. Effective Jan.01, a Cessation Clause on their refugee status instituted by the United Nations High Commission …