Khartoum - Sudan hosts over 232,000 South Sudanese refugees who have fled South Sudan and sought refuge in neighboring countries after conflict erupted in the country in December 2013, said on Thursday the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
Khartoum – Sudan hosts over 232,000 South Sudanese refugees who have fled South Sudan and sought refuge in neighboring countries after conflict erupted in the country in December 2013, said on Thursday the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
Since the beginning of 2016, 71,000 South Sudanese have arrived in Sudan, driven by both conflict and related food insecurity in parts of South Sudan. This is equivalent to about 30 per cent of the overall South Sudanese refugee caseload in Sudan and has led to an increase in needs, it said.
The majority of the new arrivals from South Sudan in 2016 are in East Darfur, which currently hosts 66 per cent of the total arrivals this year, it added.
The same source said that, as of 12 June, there are 29,713 South Sudanese in the camp, according to the Sudanese Red Crescent Society (SRCS) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
“The provision of food and non-food essential supplies assistance has covered 98 and 85 per cent of the needs respectively. However, other parts of the humanitarian response that depend on the availability of space are severely constrained,” OCHA said.
