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Registered Somali Refugee Population

Registered Somali Refugee Population
902,017
Households*
135,664
Last updated 31 Aug 2016
* Household data may be unavailable for some locations.
Source - UNHCR, Government of Uganda, RIMS

   Demography

   Estimated population by date

   Refugees by Country of Origin

Location name Source Data date Population
Djibouti UNHCR 31 Dec 2015
  1.4% 		12,363
Egypt UNHCR 29 Feb 2016
  0.7% 		6,231
Eritrea UNHCR 31 Dec 2015
  0.3% 		2,485
Ethiopia UNHCR, Government of Uganda, RIMS 31 Aug 2016
  32.3% 		291,035
Kenya UNHCR 31 Aug 2016
  37.2% 		335,737
Tanzania (United Republic of) UNHCR 1 Sep 2015
  0.0% 		154
Yemen UNHCR 31 Jul 2016
  28.2% 		254,012

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Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation, Ms. Isabella Lövin, visited Dadaab Refugee Camps

Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation, Ms. Isabella Lövin, visited Dadaab Refugee Camps. The Minister was accompanied by a high level delegation from the Government of Sweden, officials from the Government of Kenya and UNHCR Country R, 19 May 2016

Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation, Ms. Isabella Lövin, visited Dadaab Refugee Camps. The Minister was accompanied by a high level delegation from the Government of Sweden, officials from the Government of Kenya and UNHCR Country Representatives to Kenya and Somalia. Ms. Löv... Read more

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  Highlights

Over 2,800 Somalian have arrived to Uganda since beginning of 2016.
23 May 2016
UNHCR in collaboration with Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and TdH conducted in 2nd half of April a mass campaign targeting enrolment of children out of school
19 May 2016
WFP and UNHCR are preparing for Bamba Chakul - an electronic cash transfer systerm. 10% of distributed cereal rations to be converted into food vouchers.
18 Sep 2015
Total number of returnees assisted under the voluntary return process to date: 4,108
15 Sep 2015
Mr. Per Heggenes, CEO of IKEA Foundation, visited the five Dollo Ado refugee camps for the periodic programme review of projects funded by his Foundation.
10 Sep 2015
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