Rwamwanja settlement was established in 1964 to host refugees from Rwanda and closed in 1995 when many repatriated after the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi. The settlement was later reopened in 2012 to host refugees fleeing the Democratic Republic of Congo due to violence in North and South Kivu. The settlement, currently hosting almost 76,000 refugees, is at full capacity and no longer receives new arrivals. as of the recent influx from the democratic Republic of Congo