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Item Perceptions and Attitudes of the Local Community towards Urban Refugees Living in Mbarara City, Southwestern Uganda(Bishop Stuart University, 2022-01-12) Bahatia, Ronald; Godfrey, Zari Rukundo; Cathy, Denise Sigmund; Herbert, Elvis Ainamania; Scholastic, AshabaThere is an increasing number of refugees choosing to live in urban centers even when this makes them forego humanitarian assistance such as shelter and food from the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and host governments. Refugees in urban centers have to fend for themselves. This situation sometimes makes them ‘lock horns’ with the local communities. We examined the perception of the local community towards urban refugees in Mbarara city southwestern Uganda