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Palabek Refugee Settlement is a a refugee settlement in Uganda that was established in April 2017. It is located in Lamwo District and mainly hosts refugees fro South Sudan. As of 2019, it's commandant was Julius Kamuza

History and location
Palabek Refugee Settlement sits on 50 square kilometers was established in April 2017. The site was set-up as a response to an influc refugees from South Sudan. Until Sept 2018 when the various warring factions signed a peace deal to end a five year civil conflict that engulfed the country shortly after independence, up to 1.8 Million South Sudanese were seeking refuge in neighboring countries with Uganda alone hosting 1.5 Million. The exodus of South Sudanese refugees became the world’s worst refugee crisis. Uganda became Africa’s largest refugee hosting countries and only third globally. Palabek Refugee settlement which sits on a 50 square kilometer land hosts approximately 40,000 South Sudanese refugees. With the Lamwo district population of approximately 140.000 people, refugees’ make-up about 28% of the demographic composition of the district.

Population
According to the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung report in According to the 2019 United Nations Development Programme’s Human Development Report, 85% of arrivals are women and children. With the Lamwo district population of approximately 140.000 people, refugees’ make-up about 28% of the demographic composition of the district