UN: Over 424,000 South Sudanese refugees in Sudan

[Elisabeth Janaina]

UN: Over 424,000 South Sudanese refugees in Sudan
A young South Sudanese refugee cooks food at a camp in northern Uganda
Photo: UNHCR/Will Swanson
A young South Sudanese refugee cooks food at a camp in northern Uganda
Photo: UNHCR/Will Swanson

As of 15 August, 180,592 South Sudanese refugees have arrived in Sudan
in 2017, for a total of 424,182 refugees who have fled hunger and
violence in South Sudan since mid-December 2013, a UN agency said.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said
in its update that the majority of new arrivals in 2017 have taken
refuge in White Nile, East Darfur, South Darfur and South Kordofan
states.

The organization said despite the continued influx of South Sudanese
refugees into Sudan, only 22 per cent ($48 million) of the US$ 221.7
million needed for the Sudan response under the revised South Sudanese
Regional Refugee Response Plan has been received as of 31 July.

It further said based on the current trends, aid organisations are
preparing contingency plans for an estimated 30,000 - 40,000
additional refugees who are anticipated to arrive in South Darfur by
January 2018.