Uganda: UNHCR opens new camp for S Sudanese refugees Hellen Achayo | February 24, 2017 | 1:09 pm
New arrivals from South Sudan in Uganda|UNHCR photo The UN Refugee Agency says it has opened a new camp in northern Uganda to host more South Sudan refugees.The new settlement in Arua will have a capacity of a hundred thousand people. In its latest statement, UNHCR says the new camp, Imvepi, was opened because Palorinya camp, which was opened in Moyo district in December, is full.Imvepi hosted South Sudanese refugees before the signing of the 2005 peace agreement.UNHCR says it was considered a suitable location for the new settlement because the previous infrastructure has remained intact. The Associate External Relations Officer of UNHCR Uganda, Charlie Yaxley , told Eye Radio that more than 2,000 South Sudanese refugees have already been settled in Imvepi camp.“…but bearing in mind the continued security situation in South Sudan, we are expecting that potentially as many as 300,000 more refugees could arrive during the course of this year, ” Mr Yaxley said on Friday. According to UNHCR, more than 1.5 million South Sudanese refugees have fled to the neighboring country since 2013.Last year, every day, on average, more than 2,400 South Sudanese refugees cross the border into Uganda, escaping violence at home, according to the UN. -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oqw_v-31N_MAdDq%3DEd%3DwKhEB7x0dCPQjPXSHwChyFc6sg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
