"I have instructed our officers not to give refugee status to citizens from those countries especially those coming from Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia, because there is no war there, he said late last week. The decision, from a country seen as one of the world's most progressive in its approach to migration, has raised concerns that thousands of people will be left in legal and humanitarian limbo."
"The situation is dire, and it is our people who shoulder those costs, he said. Uganda used to get $240m per year from [the UN refugee agency] UNHCR, but with an increased refugee population of almost 2 million people, we now get less than $100m, Onek said, adding that this year, the country had received only $18m (14m). The minister was speaking at the handover of 2,544 tonnes of rice"
Uganda has stopped granting asylum and refugee status to new arrivals from Eritrea, Somalia and Ethiopia, citing that those countries are not at war and the state cannot afford the costs. External support for refugees has collapsed: UNHCR funding to Uganda fell from $240m annually to under $100m while refugee numbers rose to almost 2 million, and this year Uganda received only $18m. Uganda hosts nearly 2 million refugees, the largest population in Africa, including tens of thousands from Eritrea, Somalia and Ethiopia, many fleeing conscription, persecution, and climate-related crises. Large aid donations such as rice shipments will help some settlements, but funding gaps risk leaving thousands without legal protection or basic assistance.
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