KAMPALA, Sept. 20 (Xinhuanet) -- About 2,000 Congolese who entered Uganda illegally and settled in areas along Lake Albert in western Uganda have been deported to the Democratic Republic of the Congo,reported The New Vision newspaper on Monday.

    The operation is being coordinated by the resident district commissioners (RDCs) of Masindi, Hoima and Nebbi.

    Masindi RDC Hassan Galiwango told press that over a million Congolese had illegally settled in the districts. He said they would all be deported except those willing to register as refugees.

    "Most of these Congolese have been coming here as fishermen andthey have outnumbered the indigenous Bagungu. Others came here in the 1960s but that does not give them a license to become Ugandans," Galiwango added. Enditem