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HIGHLIGHTS
- A total of 141,107 South Sudanese refugees have been assisted in Uganda since the influx began in mid-December 2013, including 89,2451 in Adjumani, 12,678 in Arua, 31,714 in Kiryandongo and 7,470 in Kampala. There were 932 new arrivals during the reporting period.
- In Adjumani relocations to the new settlement site of Maaji began with the first 261 people relocated on 4 February. The site, as it currently is, is expected to accommodate around 8,500 people. Resumption of relocations is expected to decongest the Nyumanzi Reception Centre which has been accommodating some 3,196 refugees.
- Uganda’s military presence (UPDF) in South Sudan has been extended for a further four months in a ceremony that took place in Kampala on 2 February between the two nations’ Ministers of Defence.
- The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) and UNHCR, with partner support, coordinate the maintenance of Nyumanzi transit centre (TC), Ocea reception centre (RC) Kiryandongo RC in the midwest which have accommodated the majority of newly arrived South Sudanese refugees. The registration of new arrivals in Kampala continues on a weekly basis.