Uganda

By the end of December 2023, Uganda was hosting over 1.6 million refugees and asylum seekers. New arrivals have continued to enter the country, mainly from the DRC, Sudan, and South Sudan

 

$361 million

are urgently needed from January to December 2025

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People planting trees.
State Minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees, Esther Anyakun plants a tree in Rubondo, Nakivale refugee settlement. Currently, Nakivale settlement, hosts over 160,000 refugees of whom 20,000 have arrived in the first months of 2023. © UNHCR/Esther Ruth Mbabazi
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In 2023, Uganda received 98,232 new arrivals of which 50.7% arrived through the border entry points mainly at Kisoro, Lokung, and Bundibugyo, and 49.3% were received in Kampala.

The ongoing conflict in Sudan has resulted in 12,900 new arrivals from Sudan since January 2023, of these 86% have arrived in Kampala and 14% arrived in the settlements.

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Populations

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Uganda | 2015
Total694,146Refugees | 69%Asylum-seekers | 5%Returned refugeesOthers of concern | 26%

Note: The "Stateless" category does not include stateless people who are also in other categories, to avoid double counting. The total number of stateless, across all categories, is .

NB: 2025 figures are planning figures.

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder for years until 2022, UNHCR planning figures (COMPASS) otherwise.

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Financials

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Budget information for the current year is updated monthly, while budget and expenditure information for all other years are final.

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Latest updates

Eastern DRC Situation: Displacement Overview [CORE]
26 March 2025
published
1 week ago
Eastern DRC Situation: Displacement Overview [CORE]
17 March 2025
published
1 week ago
Sudan Situation - Update 103
9 - 22 March 2025
published
1 week ago
Sudan Situation - Update 102
23 February – 8 March 2025
published
3 weeks ago
Eastern DRC Situation: Displacement Overview [CORE]
05 March 2025
published
1 month ago
Eastern DRC Situation: Displacement Overview [CORE]
04 March 2025
published
1 month ago
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