uganda: UNHCR for Refugees Move

The UN refugee agency UNHCR has said it was not opposed to the plan by the Government to resettle in Yumbe thousands of Sudanese refugees displaced by the Kony rebels attack on their camp on August 5. The UNHCR spokeswoman, Bushra Malik, was reacting to a New Vision story, which said the agency was not convinced about the safety of Ikafe, in Yumbe district where the 15,000 Sudanese refugees, who survived the LRA attack on Acholi-Pii camp in Pader district are to be moved.