GEOG 571
Intelligence Analysis, Cultural Geography, and Homeland Security

8.7 Written Brief Assignment

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Scenario

You are a humanitarian analyst covering the ongoing conflicts surrounding Uganda. You are provided with the following three maps:

and the following article:

Registered students can use the following link to access an interactive set of the Refugee and Asylum Seekers maps.

Click here to see a table of the data for the refugees and asylum seekers maps
Uganda Refugees and Asylum Seekers
July 1, 2016 April 1, 2017 July 31, 2021
City:
Adjumani
138,471		 City:
Adjumani
223,739		 City:
Adjumani
230,134		 % of
Total
Country
of Origin:
Rank:		 Country
of Origin:
Rank:		 Country
of Origin:
Number:		 % of
Total:
South Sudan 1 South Sudan 1 South Sudan 229,780 99.9%
Sudan 236 0.1%
Democratic 
Republic
of Congo

68

0.0%
Eritrea 6 0.0%
Ethiopia 4 0.0%
Burundi 3 0.0%
Kenya 2 0.0%
Rwanda 2 0.0%
July 1, 2016 April 1, 2017  
City:
Arusa / Koboko
33,377		 City:
Aruso
144,054
 
Country
of Origin:
Rank:		 Country
of Origin:
Rank:
 
South Sudan 1 South Sudan 1  
Democratic
Republic of
Congo

2
  July 31, 2021

 
 		 City:
Bidibidi
239,141		 % of
Total

 
 		 Country
of Origin:
Number:		 % of
Total:
South Sudan 238,977 99.9%

 
 		 Sudan 103 0.0%

 
 		 Democratic 
Republic of 
Congo

66

0.0%

 
 		 Burundi 1 0.0%

 
 		 Congo, Republic of the
1
0.0%
July 31, 2021
   
 		 City:
Imvepi
70,183		 % of
Total
 
   
 		  
 		 Country
of Origin:
Number:		 % of
Total:
South Sudan 68,751 98.0%
Democratic
Republic of
Congo

1,422

2.0%
Sudan 23 0.0%
Central African
Republic
1
0.0%
Chad 1 0.0%
Senegal 1 0.0%
United
Republic of
Tanzania

1

0.0%
July 1, 2016 April 1, 2017 July 31, 2021
City:
Kampala
75,233		 City:
Kampala
93,445		 City:
Kampala
93,179		 % of
Total
Country
of Origin:
Rank:		 Country
of Origin:
Rank:		 Country
of Origin:
Number:		 % of
Total:
Democratic
Republic of
Congo

1		 Democratic
Republic of
Congo

1		 Somalia 33,705 37.0%
Somalia 2 Somalia Tied - 2 Democratic
Republic of
Congo

26,177

28.7%
Other
Nationalities
3		 Other
Nationalities
Tied - 2		 Eritrea 15,899 17.4%
South Sudan 4 South Sudan 3 South Sudan 6,150 6.7%
Burundi 5 Burundi 4 Burundi 4,675 5.1%
Rwanda 6 Rwanda 5 Ethiopia 2,521 2.8%
Rwanda 2,053 2.3%
July 1, 2016 April 1, 2017 July 31, 2021
City:
Kiryandongo
53,238		 City:
Kiryandongo
51,052		 City:
Kiryandongo
72,279		 % of Total
Country
of Origin:
Rank:		 Country
of Origin:
Rank:		 Country
of Origin:
Number:		 % of
Total:
South Sudan 1 South Sudan 1 South Sudan 71,517 99.0%
Democratic
Republic of
Congo

312

0.4%
Sudan 226 0.3%
Kenya 152 0.2%
Burundi 38 0.1%
Rwanda 26 0.0%
Somalia 3 0.0%
April 1, 2017
 
 		 City:
Kisoro
304
 		  
 
 		 Country
of Origin:
Rank:		  
 		  
Democratic
Republic of
Congo

1
July 1, 2016 April 1, 2017 July 31, 2021
City:
Kyaka II
27,651		 City:
Kyaka II
24,612		 City:
Kyaka II
125,431		 % of
Total
Country
of Origin:
Rank:		 Country
of Origin:
Rank:		 Country
of Origin:
Number:		 % of
Total:
Democratic
Republic of
Congo

1		 Democratic
Republic of
Congo

1		 Democratic
Republic of
Congo

119,367

95.2%
Rwanda 2 Burundi 2 Burundi 3,601 2.9%
Burundi 3 Rwanda 3 Rwanda 2,397 1.9%
South Sudan 27 0.0%
Kenya 15 0.0%
Ethiopia 11 0.0%
Somalia 9 0.0%
July 1, 2016 April 1, 2017 July 31, 2021
City:
Kyangwali
43,312		 City:
Kyangwali
45,805		 City:
Kyangwali
127,908		 % of
Total
Country
of Origin:
Rank:		 Country
of Origin:
Rank:		 Country
of Origin:
Number:		 % of
Total:
Democratic
Republic of
Congo

1		 Democratic
Republic of
Congo

1		 Democratic
Republic of
Congo

123,837

96.7%
South Sudan 2 South Sudan 2 South Sudan 3,497 2.7%
Rwanda 578 0.5%
Burundi 104 0.1%
Kenya 11 0.0%
Somalia 7 0.0%
Sudan 2 0.0%
July 31, 2021
 
 		  
 		 City:
Lobule
5,758		 % of
Total
 
 		  
 		 Country
of Origin:
Number:		 % of
Total:
Democratic
Republic of
Congo

5,755

99.9%
South Sudan 3 0.0%
April 1, 2017
 
 		  City:
Moyo
148,598 		 
 		  
 
 		 Country
of Origin:
Rank:		  
 		  
South Sudan 1
July 1, 2016 April 1, 2017 July 31, 2021
City:
Nakivale
113,039		 City:
Nakivale
125,540		 City:
Nakivale
139,821		 % of
Total
Country
of Origin:
Rank:		 Country
of Origin:
Rank:		 Country
of Origin:
Number:		 % of
Total:
Democratic
Republic of
Congo

1		 Democratic
Republic of
Congo

1		 Democratic
Republic of
Congo

71,788

51.4%
Burundi 2 Burundi 2 Burundi 40,751 29.2%
Somalia 3 Somalia 3 Somalia 13,908 9.9%
Rwanda 4 Rwanda 4 Rwanda 10,439 7.5%
Other
Nationalities
5		 Other
Nationalities
5		 Eritrea 1,745 1.2%
Ethiopia 936 0.7%
South Sudan 224 0.2%
July 1, 2016 April 1, 2017 July 31, 2021
City:
Oruchinga
7,252		 City:
Oruchinga
5,483		 City:
Oruchinga
8,266		 % of
Total
Country
of Origin:
Rank:		 Country
of Origin:
Rank:		 Country
of Origin:
Number:		 % of
Total:
Democratic
Republic of
Congo

1		 Democratic
Republic of
Congo

1		 Democratic
Republic of
Congo

4,443

53.8%
Rwanda Tied - 2 Rwanda 2 Rwanda 1,981 24.0%
Burundi Tied - 2 Burundi 3 Burundi 1,811 21.9%
South Sudan 31 0.4%
July 31, 2021
 
 		  
 		 City:
Palabek
57,408		 % of
Total
 
 		  
 		 Country
of Origin:
Number:		 % of
Total:
South Sudan 125,775 98.9%
Sudan 275 0.4%
Democratic
Republic of
Congo

64

0.1%
July 31, 2021
 
 		  
 		 City:
Palorinya
125,641		 % of
Total
 
 		  
 		 Country
of Origin:
Number:		 % of
Total:
South Sudan 125,536 99.9%
Democratic
Republic of
Congo

61

0.0%
Sudan 34 0.0%
July 31, 2021
 
 		  
 		 City:
Rhino
127,574		 % of
Total
 
 		  
 		 Country
of Origin:
Number:		 % of
Total:
South Sudan 122,137 96.6%
Democratic
Republic of
Congo

3,389

2.7%
Sudan 838 0.7%
Rwanda 49 0.0%
Burundi 27 0.0%
Central African
Republic
12
0.0%
Kenya 10 0.0%
July 1, 2016 April 1, 2017 July 31, 2021
City:
Rwamwanja
53,8111		 City:
Rwamwanja
64,256		 City:
Rwamwanja
76,844		 % of
Total
Country
of Origin:
Rank:		 Country
of Origin:
Rank:		 Country
of Origin:
Number:		 % of
Total:
Democratic
Republic of
Congo

1		 Democratic
Republic of
Congo

1		 Democratic
Republic of
Congo

76,398

99.4%
Rwanda 225 0.3%
South Sudan 160 0.2%
Burundi 55 0.1%
Kenya 7 0.0%
Central African
Republic
3
0.0%
United
Republic of
Tanzania

2

0.0%
April 1, 2017

 		 City:
Yumbe
272,163
 

 
 		 Country
of Origin:
Rank:
 
South Sudan 1

    Using the three maps and the article provided above, you must write a written brief for a person going to Uganda to make assessments on what support if any your organization can provide to help the Uganda refugee response efforts. 

     

    Assignment Requirements

    Within your written brief, you must provide the deployer with:

    • What area of Uganda you think would benefit most from additional support, if any. This assessment should be supported by your assessments of:
      • How the Refugee situation has changed in Uganda over time (in terms of total numbers, spatial distribution, and source countries).
      • Any spatial patterns to refugee settlement within Uganda.
      • Your understanding of the refugee situation in Uganda.
     

    Your brief should:

    • Be no longer than two pages (250-500 words,) not including any ancillary graphs, maps, and figures.
    • Follow the basic rules for written briefs provided in the “Writing a Brief” section of lesson 3, including putting your bottom line up front. 
      • Hint: Your main point should be the first sentence of your first paragraph. All of the information that follows should support that main point, in decreasing order of importance.
    • Include citations

    Deliverable:

    When you have completed your written brief, return to the Lesson 8: Mobility II - Refugees and Asylum Seekers module in Canvas and look for the Lesson 8 Written Brief dropbox. The dropbox has instructions for submitting the assignment.