Sudan hosts 2 million refugees: official
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Refugees from South Sudan receive medical treatment in Sudan's White
Nile state on February 28, 2017 (AFP Photo/ASHRAF SHAZLY)
August 21, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan’s commissioner of refugees Hamad
al-Gizouli Monday has expressed concern over the growing number of
refugees in his country, especially those coming from South Sudan.
“There is a steady increase in the number of refugees, and the country
now hosts 2,000,000 refugees, including 1,300,000 refugees from South
Sudan,” al-Gizouli told reporters at a press conference in Khartoum.
He pointed out that there is an urgent need to improve the services
rendered to the refugees, demanding the international community to
increase its support for refugees.
Al-Gizouli said the international community covers only 22% of the
actual need of refugees, revealing that Chad and Ethiopia host 432,000
Sudanese refugees.
The Sudanese official pointed to the large presence of human
trafficking gangs in the refugee camps in eastern Sudan, saying the
government doesn’t have sufficient means to combat the phenomenon.
SOUTH SUDANESE REFUGEES
For her part, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) representative for Sudan
Noriko Yoshida has appealed to the Sudanese government to not change
its ideal way of dealing with South Sudan’s refugees as a result of
the recent incident at Khor Al-Waral Camp.
She described the incident as regrettable, saying the culprits must be
brought to justice and no one is above the law.
A group of South Sudanese refugees burnt tents and administrative
building and looted warehouse inside the White Nile largest camp of
Khor Al-Waral on Tuesday 1 August.
The Sudanese authorities arrested 78 South Sudanese nationals and the
state governor pointed an accusing finger to the South Sudanese army
saying some of its officers were behind the riots.
According to the UN, more than 410,000 South Sudanese — nearly 90% of
them women and children — have fled to Sudan since the outbreak of
civil war in 2013.
South Sudan seceded from Sudan on July 9th, 2011 following a
referendum on whether the semi-autonomous region should remain a part
of the country or become independent. 99% of the Southern Sudanese
voters chose Independence.
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