World Refugee Council raises alarm over S. Sudan crisis
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June 18, 2017 (KAMPALA) - The World Refugee Council (WRC) says nations
have not done enough to help Uganda and it neighbours handle South
Sudan’s humanitarian "tragedy".
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Leaders of South Sudanese refugees address a rally at Bweyale camp,
April 30, 2016 (ST)
The global body, in a statement, said nations must "share the
responsibility for protecting refugees, assisting host communities and
providing robust support."
On June 22-23, Uganda will host the solidarity summit on refugees,
jointly organized with the UN Refugee Agency, mainly to raise more
cash to manage the crisis.
The newly-formed WRC convened for the first time in Geneva,
Switzerland this week to consider the solutions to the global refugee
crisis.
"The situation of South Sudanese refugees is symptomatic of deeper
problems in the refugee system that the Council will seek to address,"
partly reads WRC’s statement.
Ten of thousands of people have been killed and over two million
displaced since violence broke out in the South Sudan capital, Juba in
mid-December 2013.
Uganda, which host nearly half of the displaced South Sudanese, has
been praised for having an accommodative refugee policy. Uganda
currently hosts over 900,000 South Sudanese refugees, the U.N refugee
agency (UNHCR) said.
The numbers of those displaced is likely to be over a million by end
of the year, UNHCR said. The country allows refugees to work and
travel freely, access Ugandan social services and gives them a plot of
land to live on, and another to farm.
In March, the U.N refugee agency reiterated its calls for financial
support. Aid for South Sudanese refugees is reportedly only eight per
cent funded at $781.8 million, and UNHCR’s funding appeal for Uganda
urgently needs $267 million.
(ST)
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