AVSI is leading a consortium comprising of AVSI Foundation, Arua City and Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) with funding from UNOPS/Cities Alliance to implement a 2 years Project Titled Strengthening Mechanism for Reception, Management and Integration of Involuntary Migrants (RMM) in Arua District.

The project recognizes the that there has been a growing/high incidence of rural/settlement – urban migration and increased number of out of camp self –settlement of refugees and other unregistered migrants. Most of these have moved to settle in the City to escape conflict and persecution, environmental shocks and seek social amenities and economic opportunities. Consequently, there has been a rapid rise in urban population resulting into congestion, cultural clashes and conflicts between host communities and the migrants over social amenities, rise in crime rate, increase in number of abandoned and unaccompanied children and increase in urban poverty.