UN Assists Sudanese Refugees Fleeing Conflict
December 29, 2011
Sudanese refugees at the Yida camp in Unity State in South Sudan, November 16, 2011. The refugees fled fighting in Sudan's Southern Kordofan States
The U.N. refugee agency continues emergency airlifts to aid thousands of refugees fleeing fighting in Sudan.
The fighting between government forces and rebels is taking place in two Sudanese states – Blue Nile and Southern Kordofan. As a result, many civilians have sought safety in South Sudan.
UNHCR spokesperson Vivian Tan said the refugee crisis is getting worse in South Sudan’s Upper Nile State.
“This situation is of growing concern to us because we’re seeing hundreds of people arriving every day into the Upper Nile State from Blue Nile State. And these people are in desperate condition. They’ve walked for weeks to get to south Sudan. They say they’ve fled in anticipation of attacks in Blue Nile State. And they’re desperate for food, water, for shelter,” she said.
Doro and Il Fug
Most of the refugees have gathered in the village of Doro in Maban County, far from the border.
“The estimated numbers are between 28- and 31,000 refugees there now. They’ve started building more durable shelters because in the beginning they were sort of scattered in the area living in makeshift shelters. We’ve allocated land for them. That’s a camp in progress. We’ve completed part of it, a section called Doro One, and we’re working on a section called Doro Two, which is an extension of it,” he said.
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