More returnees arrive in Juba
Wednesday, 16 May 2012 05:07 Lagu Francis South Sudan >>> . Two more planes carrying South Sudanese returnees arrived from Khartoum on Wednesday morning. Both aircraft were carrying 317 passengers and touched down at Juba International airport at about 9 o'clock in the morning. The Chief of party of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Vincent Hourver says they expect two more flights of returnees in the afternoon at about 2 o'clock. Hourver says the returnees are mainly the elderly, women, children and the sick. They are being taken to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' way-station in Juba for transit before being transported to their home areas. Over 300 returnees were airlifted to Juba on Tuesday and 326 of them landed in Juba from Khartoum on Monday. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob?hl=en.
