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Refugees in Uganda need greater assistance, RI says WASHINGTON (14 Mar.) A new report from Refugees International (RI), “Getting it Right: Protection of South Sudanese Refugees in Uganda”, urges the international community to provide greater assistance to refugees – especially women and girls – and their hosts in Uganda. “South Sudan’s humanitarian crisis is spinning out of control and the international community must bring this conflict to an end as a matter of urgency,” said Michael Boyce, an RI advocate.“But they also must not forget the millions of civilians who have been displaced. More international aid is urgently needed to save lives, and to show solidarity with nations like Uganda that are generously hosting refugees,” Boyce added. On February 10, UNHCR Spokesperson William Spindler said: “UNHCR is extremely alarmed at the ongoing pace of displacement in South Sudan.”The majority, 47.6 percent of South Sudanese refugees are being hosted by Uganda. The total number of refugees from South Sudan stands at 1.57 million as of February 15, according to UNHCR. Of the South Sudanese refugees registered through December 2016, 86 percent are women and children fleeing war, hunger, and appalling acts of gender-based violence.“Despite the multiple international commitments to end the scourge of sexual violence in conflict, we are yet again seeing the use of rape and other forms of violence against women fleeing South Sudan,” said Francisca Vigaud-Walsh, senior advocate for women and girls at RI. -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oo6CT933sRDHSkMpB1RWdJMSWSU-VNAnXCvkNFsf8v3Lw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
