Uganda: Uganda Situation Report #9: Burundi Refugee Influx (06 August 2015)

Highlights

• The number of Burundian refugees arriving in Uganda since November 2014 was over 13,000 as at 30 July 2015, with the arrival rate at 100-150/day in the Nakivale settlement.

• The total number of refugees in Uganda as at 30 July 2015 is approximately 467,400 of which 44 percent are Congolese, 39 percent are South Sudanese and 5.8 percent are Burundian.

• The WFP food pipeline is facing severe constraints as the agency meets is obligation to support over 320,000 refugees with cooked meals at six transit centres, targeted and blanket supplementary feeding and monthly dry rations. In Nakivale alone, WFP is reaching over 80,000 refugees.