Opinion: Why has Europe abandoned Uganda and the 2 million refugees it hosts?

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Opinion: Why has Europe abandoned Uganda and the 2 million refugees it hosts?
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As more European countries suspend Uganda’s refugee funding, conflicts in a region that very in the west travel to, and even fewer understand, show no sign of ending

"Modi Emmanuel crawled mile upon mile to escape the war in his country, South Sudan. When his mother had the strength, she would lift him and carry him the best she could across the rocks and hard ground they were journeying on. I met Modi in a South Sudanese refugee camp in Uganda. He crawled on his hands and knees towards me and I outstretched my hand. Before he shook it, Modi wiped the dust from his hand. I cry when I think of him doing this.

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