Over 85,000 S. Sudanese refugees in Sudan since 2017: UNHCR
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April 16, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - Over 85,000 South Sudanese refugees have
arrived in Sudan since the beginning of 2017, the United Nation
Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said in its latest inter-agency operational
update on South Sudanese refugee response.
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South Sudanese refugees seen at Khor Omar camp for the displaced in El
Daein, East Darfur on March 20, 2016 (UNAMID Photo)
Nearly 380,000 refugees from neighbouring South Sudan, UNHCR estimates
show, have fled to Sudan since mid-December 2013.
However, UNHCR and partners anticipate that up to 180,000 new arrivals
from South Sudan may arrive in Sudan by end of 2017.
The highest number of new arrivals during the first quarter of 2017
was reported in East Darfur State, which accounts for nearly 40
percent of new arrivals in 2017 so far, the agency said.
Also, between 16-18 March, a border monitoring mission led by Sudan’s
Office of the Commissioner for Refugees (COR) and the Sudanese Red
Crescent Society (SRCS) in East Darfur identified an estimated 20,500
refugees residing in the Kalama, Umazelti and Abu Simsim areas near
the Sudan-South Sudan border.
“This was followed by an inter-agency mission, led by UNHCR and COR,
on 22-25 March to identify the needs and verify the figures of these
new arrivals,” the U.N refugee body said in its latest report.
The refugees are reported to have been arriving since January 2017 and
are currently being supported by the host communities, although they
are said to be in need of humanitarian assistance.
Late last month, however, UNHCR’s representative in Sudan, Noriko
Yoshida, appealed to the international community to continue its
support to Sudan for the South Sudanese refugee emergency.
"Ultimately there needs to be a solution in South Sudan, so that
people do not have to flee to neighboring countries," she observed.
Meanwhile, UNHCR and its partners have appealed for $166 million from
donors to help refugees and their host communities in Sudan.
Sudan currently hosts about 500,000 South Sudanese, latest U.N statistics show.
Famine was officially declared recently in South Sudan, where the
government and the U.N said 100,000 people are facing starvation, with
one million people classified as being on the brink of starvation.
There are fears the numbers could rise up with the latest surge in
violence, especially in South Sudan’s Bahr el Ghazal and Greater
Equatoria regions.
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16 April 11:24, by Kuch
White people, we don’t Sudan this days, we have the North Sudan;
that we are going to blast out of our country. Sudanese people are
back fellows. Wau Achol-di, the criminals want to take to play it,
their gods help them.
We are here fellows, we are going bomb the LRA out of our country.
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16 April 13:12, by Eastern
Ya Kuch or Kus,
There’s the The Sudan Republic and South something led by Kiir
al Awir. There’s no single country the world over over called North
Sudan! You were advised to choose names like Nile, Azania, etc but you
stubbornly stuck to the name Sudan. Now get stuck to South Sudan
without its North Sudan!!! Moron!!!!
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16 April 13:23, by Eastern
This is not far from the spot where hundreds of southern Sudanese,
mostly dinkas were killed in the 1980s........They are back as
refugees where they fled from as liberators; shame!!!!
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