Nakivale Settlement HLP Factsheet 2019

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Publish Date:	1 June 2019 (4 years ago)
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Nakivale Settlement HLP Factsheet 2019

Document Type:	Dashboards & Factsheets
Document Language:	English

Nakivale is considered one of the oldest refugee settlements in Uganda. It opened in 1958 and was officially established as a settlement in 1960. Today it hosts more than 100,000 refugees from Burundi, DRC, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, and South Sudan. During the 2015 Burundian crisis, the population of the settlement greatly increased and has since remained high.