Elema Refugee Settlement
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Elema Refugee Settlement
Elema Refugee Settlement is a refugee settlement in Adjuamni district, westnile sub-region of Uganda. It was established in 1992 and stands to be the oldest refugees settlement out of the total of nine settlement in Adjumani district.[1][2]
The settlement is entirely comprised of refugees from the Kuku tribe of South Sudan. The Kuku speak a Bari dialect, also called Kuku.[3] They are chiefly a farming people relying on mixed farming.Cite error: The opening <ref> tag is malformed or has a bad name (see the help page).
Following a UNHCR-led repatriation of South Sudanese refugees in 2008 from Uganda, the Kuku ethnic group in Elema declined to be repatriated.[4]
Population
Elema refugee settlement has a total population of 876 registered refugees as of UNHCR Settlement Fact Sheet June 2018.
With 170,029 nationals and 236,034 refugees in Adjumani District, refugees in Elema account for 0.2% of the district population.
Relationship with host community
They have as a community settled and integrated well with the mainly Madi people in the host community. Intermarriages are common between the two communities and there has been a harmonious sharing of natural resources such as land.[5][6]
References
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Uganda Refugee Response Monitoring Settlement Fact Sheet Elema" (PDF). June 2018.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "relief web| Elema Refugee settlement Map".
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