The Kiryandongo Refugee
Settlement - Bweyale

Kiryandongo refugee settlement, originally established in 1990, and was re-opened in 2014 during the South Sudanese emergency and now hosts almost 60,000 refugees. The Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement in Bweyale, Uganda, is a UNHCR/OPM managed refugee settlement that provides shelter, land, and support for more than 60,000 people. They are comprised of refugees from Kenya, DR Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, and South Sudan. Although the settlement now closed to new arrivals, partners continue to facilitate family reunifications and resettlement for protection cases.