View From Bidi Bidi Refugee Camp: Why Britain Is Right To Invest In Development

Let me take you to northern Uganda on the border with South Sudan, where you will find one million refugees, brought there by war, disease and drought. And to the Bidi Bidi camp in particular, which I visited recently, where over 270,000 refugees now live. Refugee numbers here are growing faster than even in Syria, yet it’s a place largely forgotten by the world.It hasn’t been forgotten by the UK though. I saw British investment and expertise in aid helping to build temporary shelter