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UNHCR Eastern DRC Flash Update Uganda, 7 - 13 April 2025

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Since January, Uganda has received 47,543 new arrivals from the DRC out of the total 77,340 new arrivals to Uganda this year. On 8 April, the UNHCR Representative in Uganda gave a press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on the continuing influx into the country. The security situation in Masisi Territory in North Kivu has remained particularly volatile, with sporadic violence and ambushes on civilian population documented. Recent protection monitoring has reported alarming levels of violence and abuse across localities in North Kivu.