Maaji 2 refugee settlement was established together with Maaji 1 originally in 1997 to receive the influx of refugees due to the South Sudanese Civil War in South Sudan, but due to the repatriation after the peace agreement of 2005, it was closed and practically had no occupants. The camp was later reopened in 2015 to host the South Sudanese asylum seekers due to the 2013 war in their country.