An EXCOM donor mission from Geneva visited Uganda to gain a deeper understanding of UNHCR and partners responses to refugee influxes.

A total of 18,807 Burundian refugees have been received in Uganda since the onset of the influx.

As end of October 2015 Uganda host more than half a million refugee majority are from DR Congo, South Sudan , Somalia and Burundi .

The Head of Offic and the Peace Advisor in the Resident Coordinator’s Office Kampala, visited Nakivale refugee settlement.

A total of 921 individuals are residing at Kabazana Reception Centre.

The CERF has approved a funding request coordinated by UNHCR for the Burundi emergency response. towards protection, health, and shelter and non-food items.

Uganda is now the ninth largest refugee hosting country in the world

The Government of Uganda has made a decision to declare prima facie for the Burundian situation.