There are now more that one million refugees in Uganda from South Sudan, 85 percent of whom are women and children. The UNHCR has called on the international community to deal with the emergency.
Nearly 1 million refugees from South Sudan have now crossed the border to Uganda. Kampala is hoping for more support from Germany after Sigmar Gabriel, Germany's top diplomat, visited the refugees.
Eleven men in Hungary have went on trial over the freezer truck deaths of 71 migrants. Syrian refugees have revealed a peace proposal in Rome and Amnesty International has pushed for more aid for South Sudanese Refugees in Uganda
Ahead of the Uganda Solidarity Summit on Refugees, which will be held June 22-23 in Kampala, Amnesty International has spoken out against the lack of support to Uganda to help deal with the over 900,000 refugees there. These refugees have fled from the brutal conflict in South Sudan.
This picture shows four-year-old Vicki holding a hairbrush in her mouth as she walks around the Kuluba transit camp in Uganda.
Berlin's plan to abolish child marriages has been spurred by the influx of refugees into Europe. While the move will benefit victims of the practice, the reasons why children are married early lie elsewhere.