Over 100,000 people fled Blue Nile and South Kordofan Friday, 17 February 2012 15:25 South Sudan >>> .The Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in South Sudan, Mireille Girard says 102,000 people from Sudan's Blue Nile and South Kordofan states fled to South Sudan from mid 2011.
Speaking during Radio Miraya's Inside South Sudan Programme on Thursday, Girard said the Sudanese refugees are in Upper Nile and Unity states. "We need a lot of support, in terms of South Sudan," said Girard "The appeal announced was USD211 million, USD66 million of which are really needed urgently before the rain season. So we can preposition some relief items, we can drill enough wells, we can prepare the ground in some areas that are flooded". "We need to prepare to level the ground to gravel to make drainages so the people can live in decent conditions when the rain season comes. So these are all the preparations we need to do before the rain season," appealed Girard. According to the UNHCR Chief, there are 25 older refugee groups from Congo, Central African Republic who fled LRA attacks and the Ayuak refugees from Ethiopia. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob?hl=en.
