Vatican, 25 July, 2023 / 9:50 pm (ACI Africa).
Pope Francis has, during an audience with Uganda’s Prime Minister (PM), Robinah Nabbanja, lauded the East African nation for demonstrating generosity in welcoming migrants and refugees.
According to Matteo Bruni, the Director of the Holy See Press Office, the encounter between the Holy Father and Hon. Nabbanja, which took place at the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace on Monday, July 24 lasted about 25 minutes and included an exchange of gifts.
“Among the topics covered during the conversation, the Pope was touched by the welcome generously extended by Ugandan institutions to migrants and refugees, not only from the African region but as far as Central Asian countries,” Mr. Bruni says in the Vatican news report dated July 24.
The 2021 report by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) indicates that Uganda hosts most refugees in sub-Saharan Africa.
In the report, UNHCR says the East African nation hosts about 1.5 million refugees and asylum seekers mostly from Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and South Sudan.
