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Sudanese Refugees Flee to Uganda
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New Vision (Kampala)
June 25, 2005
Posted to the web June 27, 2005
Alfred Wasike
Kampala
THE new UN High commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, travelled to Uganda to officiate at the repatriation of thousands of Sudanese refugees but instead met new ones fleeing from the LRA rebel terror in Sudan.
The former Portuguese premier, who assumed office on June 15 as the 10th head of the UN agency that looks after at least 17 million refugees in 115 countries, concluded his first task with a tour of camps in north-western Uganda on Wednesday.
He said over 8,000 fresh refugees had fled to Uganda, blocking planned repatriation exercises.
"What we have witnessed in north-western Uganda is very difficult to find in any other parts of the world," Guterres told journalists in Kampala on Thursday.
"There is a lot of insecurity in the Equatoria part of Sudan. The so-called Lord's Resistance Army is now not only trying to seek refuge and sanctuary in Sudan but is also attacking populations there, probably in search of food or anything they eventually want to pursue their activities," he said, warning that the LRA terror was a new factor of instability in Sudan.
He called for fast deployment of peace-keepers to protect Sudanese against the LRA.
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