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35,200 Individuals
Total Refugees
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Refugees from South Sudan in Gambella: Post 15 Dec 2013

222,178


Last Updated 12 Feb 2016


Source - UNHCR, UNHCR & GOV

Refugees and asylum-seekers from South Sudan in Gambella: Pre 15 Dec 2013

48,750


Last Updated 12 Feb 2016


Source - UNHCR, UNHCR & GOV

Refugees and asylum-seekers from South Sudan in Gambella: Total

270,928


Last Updated 12 Feb 2016


Source - UNHCR, UNHCR & GOV

Demography
Male (43.1%) Age (56.9%) Female
12.2% 0 - 4 12.1%
14.9% 5 - 11 14.3%
7.5% 12 - 17 6.8%
8.1% 18 - 59 22.4%
0.5% 60 + 1.2%

  Refugees and asylum-seekers from South Sudan in Gambella: Total

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  Breakdown by Settlement

Settlement Current Total    
Pugnido
12 Feb 2016
63,403
n/a 		Individuals
Households 		23.4 %
Tierkidi
12 Feb 2016
53,395
n/a 		Individuals
Households 		19.7 %
Jewi
12 Feb 2016
48,486
11,472 		Individuals
Households 		17.9 %
Kule
12 Feb 2016
48,439
12,200 		Individuals
Households 		17.9 %
Dispersed at border entry locations
27 Nov 2015
16,603
n/a 		Individuals
Households 		6.1 %
Pugnido II
22 Jan 2016
16,465
n/a 		Individuals
Households 		6.1 %
Okugo
05 Feb 2016
7,714
n/a 		Individuals
Households 		2.8 %
Leitchuor
20 Nov 2015
4,633
n/a 		Individuals
Households 		1.7 %
Akobo
20 Nov 2015
4,085
n/a 		Individuals
Households 		1.5 %
Burbiey Transit site
11 Sep 2015
2,869
n/a 		Individuals
Households 		1.1 %
Akula
27 Nov 2015
1,589
n/a 		Individuals
Households 		0.6 %
Absentees during camp registration
27 Nov 2015
1,534
n/a 		Individuals
Households 		0.6 %
Pamdong
09 Oct 2015
1,470
n/a 		Individuals
Households 		0.5 %
Nip Nip
11 Sep 2015
243
n/a 		Individuals
Households 		0.1 %
Burbiey
18 Jul 2014
n/a
n/a 		Individuals
Households 		0 %
Matar
18 Jul 2014
n/a
n/a 		Individuals
Households 		0 %
Pagak
09 Oct 2015
n/a
n/a 		Individuals
Households 		0 %
Wanthowa Woreda
09 Nov 2015
n/a
n/a 		Individuals
Households 		0 %

  Breakdown by Country of Origin

Country of Origin Current Total    
South Sudan
12 Feb 2016
270,928
23,672 		Individuals
Households 		100 %

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  Highlights

 The Deputy Chief of Mission of the US Embassy in Addis Ababa, Mr. Peter H. Vrooman, visited UNHCR Sub-Office Gambella on 9 December. Mr. Vrooman’s last visit to Gambella was in March 2015 when he inaugurated Jewi camp along with the President of Gambella Regional State, His Excellency Ato Gatluak Tuk Khot; Administration for Refugee and Returnee Affairs (ARRA); Deputy Director Ato Ayalew Aweke; then outgoing UNHCR Representative (Director of the Regional Bureau for Africa), Mr. Valentin Tapsoba; and the Deputy Assistant Secretary Catherine Wiesner of the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (BPRM) in Washington.
22 Jan 2016
The Canadian Ambassador to Ethiopia, H.E. Phillip Baker, on 7 December 2015 visited UNHCR Gambella Sub-Office to familiarize himself with the South Sudanese refugee operation in Gambella Region. He was accompanied by a representative from Canada is Dedicated to International Development (DFTAD), Mr. Dave Weber.
22 Jan 2016
Due to identification of risk of measles outbreak in Kule refugee camp, MSF-Holland conducted a mass measles vaccination exercise from 11-14 January 2016 wherein 97.2% i.e. 5,767 from 5,934 targeted children aged 6-59 months were vaccinated against measles.
22 Jan 2016
541 new arrivals, consisting of 131 families from South Sudan, were registered at the Pagak entry point and relocated to Pugnido 2 camp on 15 January 2016. The refugees were mainly from Upper Nile State and 70% of them were children. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) facilitated the relocation.
22 Jan 2016
DanChurchAid (DCA) in collaboration with UNHCR and the Administration for Refugee and Returnee Affairs (ARRA) hosted a delegation of the Ambassador of Denmark to Ethiopia, the DCA General Secretary, Head of Humanitarian Director, and the DCA Regional Representative Delegation. The mission visited the Fresh Food Voucher project in Tierkidi camp on 19 October.
30 Oct 2015
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