UNHCR Deplores forced returns of Rwandan refugees from Uganda

By Gerald Businge on July 18, 2010 forced returns of Rwandan refugees from Uganda, handling illegal refugees, UNHCR on Rwanda refugees Latest Uganda News, news & events, Public Platform

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (<“http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home“>UNHCR) today deplored the forced returns of Rwandans from Uganda, with reports of police brutality being used to deport the asylum-seekers. On Wednesday, Ugandan police carried out an operation to round up and force out some 1,700 Rwandan refugees from the Nakivale and Kyaka camps in southwestern Ugandan. […]