WS More or Less: Uganda’s refugees
More or Less: Behind the Stats
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4.6 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2017
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Has Uganda been accepting more refugees on a daily basis than some European countries manage in an entire year? That is the claim from the Norwegian Refugee Council – and it is a claim we put to the test.
Civil war and famine in South Sudan have forced millions to leave their homes, and this has had a colossal impact on neighbouring Uganda. We speak to Gopolang Makou, a researcher at Africa Check who has some startling figures to share.
(Photo: Children wait as WFP, 'World Food Programme' prepare to deliver food aid at the Bidi Bidi refugee camp Credit: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
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| 0:00.0 | Just before this BBC podcast gets underway, here's something you may not know. |
| 0:04.6 | My name's Linda Davies and I Commission Podcasts for BBC Sounds. |
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| 0:36.0 | Thank you for downloading the shorter World Service Edition of More or Less. |
| 0:41.0 | This program was first broadcast on Friday the 19th of May. |
| 0:45.4 | Hello and welcome to More or Less on the BBC World Service. |
| 0:50.0 | We're your weekly guide to the numbers all around us and I'm Tim Harford. |
| 0:54.0 | This week we will turn our attention to the UK's general election |
| 0:58.0 | to find out why a growing number of these... |
| 1:01.0 | means England schools are straining for funding. But first |
| 1:08.1 | across Europe politicians have been thrown into turmoil about what to do |
| 1:12.3 | about the large numbers of people who are claiming asylum in their countries. |
| 1:17.0 | Many people are welcoming of refugees, while others say that Europe is full up. |
| 1:21.0 | We just can't take any more. With this debate as a backdrop, the Norwegian Refugee |
| 1:26.2 | Council made the following eye-catching claim. |
| 1:29.3 | More refugees sought safety in Uganda per day at the end of 2016, |
| 1:34.5 | than many wealthy European countries received the entire year. |
| 1:38.5 | And the point they're making, |
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