Freedom of Movement Within the Country. Foreign Travel. Emigration. and Repatriation.As security conditions improved. freedom of movement in Uganda expanded greatly. Access to some areas. however. continued to be slightly restricted. The NRA required vehicles to travel in convoys on the route between Karuma and Pakwach in the northwest. Travel in the east. and particularly in Karamoja. remained difficult due to sporadic attacks by armed bandits. The requirements that foreign diplomats obtain approval to travel more than 25 kilomsters from Kampala remained in effect but was not enforced. Ugandans are free to emigrate and to travel abroad. Uganda accommodates refugees from Sudan. Rwanda. Kenya. Zaire. and other countries. There were approximately 150.000 registered and an equal number of unregistered refugees in Uganda in 1992. Most of the latter are Rwandans who have lived in Uganda since the early 1960s. A July ceasefire between the RPF and the Rwandan Armed Forces revived hopes that some of these refugees might be repatriated. The number of Sudanese refugees in Uganda increased from about 76.000 at the beginning of the year to about 90.000 at years end. They fled an intensifying civil war between the Sudanese armed forces and the Sudanese Peoples Liberation Army. Some 1.000 Zairian refugees who crossed into Uganda in 1992 were resettled in camps away from the border. but 14.000 opted to return to Zaire rather than be relocated. An additional 3.000 Zarian refugees entered the Uganda border areas in December. There were no instances of expulsion or forced repatriation of refugees in 1992. Section 3. Respect for Political Rights: The Right of Citizens to Change Their Government Ugandan citizens could not change their national government by democratic means in 1992.
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