The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has sent a mission to northwestern Uganda to assess the situation following an influx of Congolese refugees fleeing renewed fighting in the northeastern district of Ituri in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Hundreds of the refugees were reported to have crossed into the Ugandan district of Nebbi, 500 km northwest of the capital, Kampala. The Kampala office of the UNHCR said it was waiting for the mission's final report on the situation along the northwestern border with the DRC.