Uganda's Urban IDPs Risk Being Left Out Of Government's Return Plans

Publication language
English
Pages
4pp
Date published
01 Mar 2008
Publisher
Refugee Law Project, Makerere University
Type
Blogs
Keywords
Forced displacement and migration, Urban
Countries
Uganda

 Expectations for peace are high in northern Uganda with positive news coming out of the
Juba peace talks and thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) have already left the
protected camps for their homes. But many IDPs wishing to go home could slip through
the cracks in the government’s return and intervention policies because they have settled
in towns and cities.