ADJUMANI, Uganda, June 11 (Xinhua) -- The influx of South Sudan refugees in Uganda is forcing the government here and international partners to re-think what has been called one of the world's most favorable refugee policies.
According to the policy, once one gains refugee status in Uganda, they are given a plot of land in a refugee settlement on which they can build their shelter and do crop farming. The refugees also have freedom of movement in the country and can seek employment.
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While Uganda's policy is seen as exemplary to the world, even to the European countries that are facing a refugee crisis, the influx of refugees into the country is forcing planners back to the table.
According to figures by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Uganda hosts over 1.2 million refugees and of these more than 900,000 are from neighboring South Sudan. Others are from Democratic Republic of the Congo Comprar Hombre Nike Air Max 270 Azul Blancas , Burundi, Somalia, Rwanda, Ethiopia and Eritrea.
Uganda now has the largest refugee settlement in the world. Bidi Bidi Refugee Settlement hosts more than 270,000 South Sudan refugees.
Government officials and relief agencies now argue that the growing refugee population is imposing unbearable pressures on state and host communities with far reaching political, economic, social and developmental impacts.
Titus Jogo, the government official in charge of refugees in Adjumani told reporters recently that in some parts of West Nile (northwestern Uganda) the population of refugees has outnumbered that of the locals Comprar Hombre Nike Air Max 270 Hot Punch , citing Moyo district.
In Adjumani, Jogo said on average the number of the population of the refugees is equivalent to that of the locals.
Analysts argue that although land is still available, if the number of refugees continues to rise, there is likely to be an edgy relation between the refugees and the host communities.
Already there are concerns by the locals regarding the increasing food inflation, according to Idro Dominic Tako Comprar Hombre Nike Air Max 270 Camo Heel , Adjumani District Local Council Speaker.
Tako told Xinhua in a recent interview that the locals argue that because the refugees are