Over 180,000 S. Sudan refugees arrived in Sudan in 2017: UN

[Elisabeth Janaina]

Over 180,000 S. Sudan refugees arrived in Sudan in 2017: UN

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September 17, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - About 182,000 South Sudanese refugees
have arrived in Sudan in 2017, the United Nations Office for
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a statement issued
last week.

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South Sudanese refugees perform a traditional dance as President Omer
Hassan al-Bashir addresses a crowd a rally held in Ed Daein, East
Darfur, April 5, 2016. April 5, 2016. (Photo Reuters/Mohamed Nureldin
Abdallah)

"Almost 460,000 South Sudanese refugees, fleeing hunger and violence
in South Sudan, have arrived in Sudan since December 2013. About
182,000 refugees arrived in 2017 so far. The majority of new arrivals
are women and children," partly reads OCHA’s statement.

According to the agency, the refugee influx into Sudan’s region of
South Darfur has continued with more than about 240 South Sudanese
refugees arriving in the state every single day.

With the continued security issues in South Sudan and the famine which
has hit many part of the young nation, new influxes of South Sudanese
refugees are expected to arrive in Sudan, OCHA said.

South Sudanese refugees in Sudan have reportedly been distributed in
four states including the White Nile, South Kordofan, East Darfur and
Khartoum states, amid concerns the current numbers will sour.

In August last year, Sudan officially declared that South Sudanese
fleeing war in their country will be treated as refugees, which opens
the door for the UN to provide them with aid and fund aid programs.

The conflict in South Sudan has killed tens of thousands of people and
displaced more than 2 million into neighbouring its nations since
mid-December 2013.

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