Over 43,000 southerners still stranded in Sudanese towns: IOM
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July 16, 2013 (JUBA) - Over 900 people previously stranded in the
border town of Renk in Upper Nile arrived in the South Sudan capital
on Monday after a two-week barge trip, the International Organisation
for Migration (IOM) said.
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Passengers wave as the first barge arrives at Juba port (IOM)
The returnees were welcomed at Juba Port by family members, friends
and officials from IOM, the Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster
Management ministry and South Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation
Commission (SSRRC).
South Sudan’s Humanitarian Affairs minister, while welcoming the
returnees, acknowledged that his government requires continued support
from partners to help those stranded return to locations of their
choice.
According to IOM, over 43,000 people were still stranded in
settlements within Khartoum and Kosti towns, living under difficult
conditions.
“It is our hope that all South Sudanese people who are stranded and
wish to move to other locations can be assisted,” said Joseph Lual
Acuil.
"We cannot do this without our humanitarian partners, and without the
support of the donors," he added.
The returnees, IOM said in a statement, were registered upon arrival
in Juba and will now be transported by road to destinations of their
choice. According to IOM, most of them prefer settling in the Greater
Bahr el Ghazal and Greater Equatoria regions.
"On their two week journey in four barges, a small number of returnees
disembarked along the way in locations as Melut, Malakal, Shambe and
Bor," partly reads the IOM statement extended to Sudan Tribune.
Meanwhile, IOM says it has provided assistance to over transport over
5,000 returnees to their final destinations this year alone.
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