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Starting from Scratch in Uganda

In 2016, Uganda took in more refugees than any other country. But how do the South Sudanese, fleeing civil war, transform the African bush into a new home? Ruth Alexander reports.

Uganda has now taken in more than a million refugees who have fled civil war in neighbouring South Sudan. And more are coming every day. It's said that Uganda has the most generous refugee policy in the world, with new arrivals given land and allowed to work. But the majority of South Sudanese refugees are women and children who have lost almost everything and, as Ruth Alexander discovers, the reality of starting a new life from scratch is far from straightforward.

Produced by John Murphy.

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Mon 18 Sep 201720:30
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