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The politics of repatriation: Rwandan refugees in Uganda, 2003-2017

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  • Ahimbisibwe, Frank

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Uganda hosts refugees from neighbouring countries including Rwanda. According to UNHCR, by the end of 2016, Uganda was the 5th and 1st top refugee hosting country in the world and Africa respectively. It hosted over 900,000 refugees. This number had increased to over 1.2 million by May 2017. In 2003, a tripartite agreement was signed to repatriate 25,000 Rwandan refugees. Only 850 of them accepted to return and many of them came back almost immediately to Uganda claiming insecurity and human rights violations in Rwanda. The Rwandan repatriation was not devoid of politics. It was influenced by political interests of various actors: the international community, regional geo-politics, Uganda and Rwanda. This article analyzes the politics of repatriation of Rwandan refugees by focusing on politics at international and regional levels as well as in Uganda and Rwanda.

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  • Ahimbisibwe, Frank, 2017. "The politics of repatriation: Rwandan refugees in Uganda, 2003-2017," IOB Working Papers 2017.09, Universiteit Antwerpen, Institute of Development Policy (IOB).
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    1. Ugo Igariwey Iduma & Musa Yahi Musa, 2019. "Nigerian Refugees in Cameroon: Understanding the Politics of Voluntary Refugee Repatriation," Journal of Public Administration and Governance, Macrothink Institute, vol. 9(1), pages 290-310, March.

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    Rwandan refugees; repatriation; politics; Uganda; Rwanda;
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