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STORY: UNHCR / UGANDA CONGOLESE REFUGEES
TRT: 04:55
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR ON SCREEN
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 26-29 FEBRUARY 2025, KISORO, NAKIVALE, UGANDA
26-29 FEBRUARY 2025, NYAKABANDE TRANSIT CENTRE, KISORO DISTRICT, UGANDA
1. Various shots, displaced persons on back of UNHCR truck, people waiting for assistance, people stepping off back of UNHCR truck
2. Various shots, people sit in shelter area to eat, children shelter from rain by building waiting for food, people line up to embark on buses
3. Various shots, people get onto bus, people wait for bus with belongings
4. Various shots, wristbands given to displaced child, UNHCR paperwork and wristbands
26-29 FEBRUARY 2025, ISHINGORO DISTRICT, UGANDA
5. Wide shot, UNHCR buses travel to Kabazana Reception Centre
6. Aerial shot, UNHCR buses travel to Kabazana Reception Centre
26-29 FEBRUARY 2025, KABAZANA RECEPTION CENTRE, NAKIVALE REFUGEE SETTLEMENT, ISINGIRO DISTRICT, UGANDA
7. Aerial shot, people near aid center receiving supplies
8. Various shots, UNHCR staff walks through crowd, people in foreground of UNHCR bus, personnel worker with megaphone, women and children
According to the UN Refugee Agency, since January, over 41,000 Congolese have sought safety in Uganda, bringing the total number of Congolese in Uganda to nearly 600,000, out of the 1.8 million refugees currently hosted in the country.
In the past two weeks, an average of 600 people has been crossing into Uganda daily.
Uganda, Africa’s largest refugee host, is witnessing a sharp increase in the number of Congolese refugees crossing its western border due to increased insecurity in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Amid ongoing funding cuts, this significant surge in refugee arrivals risks overwhelming the country’s capacity as it responds simultaneously to the needs of over 70,000 Sudanese refugees who have arrived fleeing the two-year-long war in Sudan.
Children are particularly affected, many arriving in a weakened state amid a high prevalence of malaria and malnutrition.
Since January, up to nine children under five years reportedly died from malnutrition-related anaemia in Nyakabande and Matanda transit centres, in the south-west where new arrivals are being received.
New arrivals, mostly women and children, are entering Uganda through three main points: Bunagana in Kisoro district; Butogota in Kanungu; and Sebagoro in Kikuube.
Arriving by foot or local transport, many come from the Rutshuru, Masisi, and Goma areas in the DRC, having witnessed killings, sexual violence and other traumatic experiences.
