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 [5].
July 1, 2016 | April 1, 2017 | July 31, 2021 | ||||
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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% |
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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.
Within your written brief, you must provide the deployer with:
Your brief should:
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.
Links
[1] https://www.e-education.psu.edu/geog571/sites/www.e-education.psu.edu.geog571/files/images/L08/Refugees_and_asylum_seekers_Uganda_2016.07.01.pdf
[2] https://www.e-education.psu.edu/geog571/sites/www.e-education.psu.edu.geog571/files/images/L08/Refugees_and_asylum_seekers_Uganda_2017.04.01.pdf
[3] https://www.e-education.psu.edu/geog571/sites/www.e-education.psu.edu.geog571/files/images/L08/Refugees_and_asylum_seekers_Uganda_2021.07.31.pdf
[4] https://www.e-education.psu.edu/geog571/sites/www.e-education.psu.edu.geog571/files/images/L08/Uganda_stands_out_in_refugees_hospitality_Africa_Renewal.pdf
[5] https://pennstate.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/portfolio/index.html?appid=cd900ac39c404a5bb6cd38770f7246d9
[6] https://www.e-education.psu.edu/geog571/sites/www.e-education.psu.edu.geog571/files/images/L08/8.71_Uganda-refugee-camp-data_MW.pdf
[7] https://www.e-education.psu.edu/geog571/node/495