Kyaka II Refugee Settlement
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Kyaka II | |
|---|---|
Refugee Camp | |
  Kyaka II | |
| Coordinates: 0°29′N 31°03′E / 0.48°N 31.05°E | |
| Country |  Uganda |
| Area | |
• Total | 81.5 km2 (31.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 28,175 |
| • Density | 350/km2 (900/sq mi) |
Kyaka II Refugee Settlement is a refugee camp in Kyegegwa District in western Uganda.[1]
Kyaka II refugee settlement was established in 2003 to receive the remaining population of Kyaka following the mass repatriation of Rwandan refugees the same year.[2] After this movement, Kyaka I was closed. Around mid-December 2017, renewed violence in DRC - Democratic Republic of Congo led to a new refugee influx into Uganda, with an estimated 17,000 new refugee arrivals in Kyaka II.[2]
Since December 2016, Kyaka II's refugee population has quadrupled, following the arrival of tens of thousands of refugees from DRC fleeing conflict and inter-ethnic violence in North Kivu and Ituri.[3] There are more than 113,000 refugees already living in the settlement. Kyaka II is managed by the UNHCR and the Ugandan Office of the Prime Minister's Department of Refugees (OPM).[4]
Kiyaka II also receives a lot of refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo, such as the group of people called Ba Gegere Bahema, arrived in 2002-2008. There is another flux of refugees from the region of Bunia.
