forced returns of Rwandan refugees from Uganda

UNHCR Deplores forced returns of Rwandan refugees from Uganda

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. […]