He played a significant role in assisting Ugandan refugees to Canada following Idi Amin's coup d'état.
Ugandan refugees sought shelter in southern Sudan during the Amin and Obote II regimes.
On its closure in 1970, the RAF base was briefly converted into a transit camp for Ugandan refugees.
The SPLA drove out around 35,000 Ugandan refugees (that had settled in Equatoria since the early 1980s) back into Uganda.
Obote was soon joined by 20,000 Ugandan refugees fleeing Amin.
The situation has been further strained by a recent influx of Ugandan refugees into Kenya's border district of Busia.
Ahmed Muyingo, a Ugandan refugee convicted of domestic violence, told Mr. Hiatt recently that he was returning to court soon to reargue his case.
Seven years ago, I spent a day at a camp for 60,000 Sudanese, Ethiopian, Somali, Rwandan, Ugandan and Zairian refugees in Kenya.
Only ten Ugandan refugees were admitted in 1996.
Ugandan refugee in Britain.