Uganda
Key Statistics
Data are 2024 UN data and may differ from national statistics agencies.
2058000
Immigrant Population
4.1%
Immigrant Share of Total Population
578000
Emigrant Population
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A Passport to Opportunity: The Importance of Refugee Access to Travel Documents
Refugees are among the most mobile people on earth by necessity, yet the international system makes it nearly impossible for them to travel legally.
Migration and Displacement in Secondary Cities: Insights from Côte d’Ivoire and Uganda
Research examining Côte d’Ivoire and Uganda finds smaller cities lack the data, capacity, and coordination needed to support migrant integration.
Migration, Disasters, and Climate Change in Eastern Africa
Climate experts and regional authorities outlined the challenges related to climate change and human mobility that local communities and national governments are confronting in Eastern Africa, and offered key recommendations for future policies and programs.
Amid Record Drought and Food Insecurity, East Africa’s Protracted Humanitarian Crisis Worsens
East Africa's worst drought in decades deepened a protracted humanitarian crisis, displacing millions, pushing children toward starvation, and straining a severely underfunded aid system.
Persistent COVID-19 Vaccine Inequity Has Significant Implications for Refugees and Other Vulnerable Migrants
Vaccine inequity has left refugees underprotected: Despite widespread government commitments, supply shortfalls, legal barriers, and underfunding have blocked access for many.
From Unilateral Response to Coordinated Action: How Can Mobility Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa Adapt to the Public-Health Challenges of COVID-19?
COVID-19 exposed weak cross-border governance across sub-Saharan Africa. Regional coordination and data reform can better balance public health and migration management.
A Bridge to Firmer Ground: Learning from International Experiences to Support Pathways to Solutions in the Syrian Refugee Context
This report draws on international cases to highlight models that could expand Syrian refugees’ access to protection, social safety nets, and education.
Africa Moves Towards Intracontinental Free Movement for Its Booming Population
Africa's population boom is fueling intra-continental migration, but political fragmentation and security concerns leave the African Union's free movement vision unrealized.
Strengthening Refugee Protection in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
With 85 percent of the world's 25.4 million refugees in low- and middle-income countries as of 2017, development actors must help close critical protection gaps.
Can Uganda’s Breakthrough Refugee-Hosting Model Be Sustained?
Uganda hosts Africa's largest refugee population under a globally praised open model, but chronic underfunding and a 2018 fraud scandal threaten its future.
