Uganda has one of the world's most progressive approaches to asylum seekers. And many refugee families arriving in the East African country are given a plot of agricultural land and raw materials to build their own home. CGTN's Daniel Arapmoi has been speaking to some of these refugees.

Uganda has been subject to a great deal of international attention for the way it has fostered positive relations between host communities and refugees. Despite the huge numbers of refugees arriving every day from the Democratic Republic of Congo, the East African country has continued to allocate free land to refugee households for Agricultural production. Basa Kene is one among hundreds of refugees who have fled the unrest in his home country to seek refuge in Uganda. Basa who lives with his wife and six children was allocated a piece of land in Kyangwali refugee settlement southwest of Uganda's Hoima district, a place he has lived for the past two years. Basa used part of the land given to him by the Ugandan government to build a small house for his family. The remainder of the land was used to cultivate a few crops to supplement the family's diet, away from the weekly food distribution by the World Food Program.

JULIOUS MUWEREZA ASSISTANT SETTLEMENT COMMANDANT OF KYANGWALI "So when we receive them, after a refugee gets the status or an attestation or a prima facie, that family is allocated a piece of land, fifty by one hundred meters so this refugee is supposed to use this land, build a house, put up a toilet and use part of this land for growing simple crops."

Basa Kene, just like many other refugees benefiting from Uganda's generous land policy is appreciative for what the land he has been allocated.

BASA KENE CONGOLESE REFUGEE "We are given free plots of land despite it being small in size, we are very happy because this is not our country, it's Uganda so we appreciate."

Many of the refugees who have been allocated land are positively contributing to the local economy of Uganda as they purchase tools and supplies from local businesses.

DANIEL ARAPMOI HOIMA DISTRICT, UGANDA "Uganda's policy permits refugees to work, cultivate land, and move around freely, rights rarely granted to that extent in other countries of first asylum, where the arrivals are typically viewed as competition for jobs and scarce resources. Daniel Arapmoi, CGTN, Hoima District, Uganda."