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35,200 Individuals
Registered Refugees
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Population


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Registered Refugees

272,261


Households*

69,794


Last Updated 31 May 2016


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  Estimated Population by Date

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  Breakdown by Location

Region Current Total    
Upper Nile
31 May 2016
134,527
31,529 		Individuals
Households 		49.4 %
Unity
31 May 2016
111,813
29,374 		Individuals
Households 		41.1 %
Central Equatoria
31 May 2016
14,674
5,057 		Individuals
Households 		5.4 %
Western Equatoria
31 May 2016
8,838
3,167 		Individuals
Households 		3.2 %
Jonglei
31 May 2016
2,409
667 		Individuals
Households 		0.9 %

  Breakdown by Country of Origin

Country of Origin Current Total    
Sudan
31 May 2016
251,216
63,098 		Individuals
Households 		92.3 %
Congo (Democratic Republic)
31 May 2016
14,767
4,676 		Individuals
Households 		5.4 %
Ethiopia
31 May 2016
4,400
1,404 		Individuals
Households 		1.6 %
Central African Republic
31 May 2016
1,878
616 		Individuals
Households 		0.7 %

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  Highlights

 In April, 1,599 Sudanese refugees from South Kordofan State arrived in Yida, bringing the number of new arrivals since 1st January 2016 to 4,635. represent
30 Apr 2016
UNHCR and partners immunized some 55,000 refugee children under five years against polio in Unity and Upper Nile.
29 Apr 2016
In Lasu, UNHCR and FAO organized an agriculture fair for 1,400 refugee and host community families to help them access seeds for the current planting season.
28 Apr 2016
In Yida settlement, UNHCR kicked off in late April an operation to verify some 70,000 refugees from Sudan's South Kordofan.
28 Apr 2016
UNHCR and partners distributed more than 29,000 exercise books and school kits in refugee camps in Upper Nile and Central Equatoria,
26 Apr 2016
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  News

South Sudan refugee outflow grows as relief funds lag
UNHCR, 19 Apr 2016
GENEVA, April 19 (UNHCR) – A combination of new fighting in previously peaceful areas, food insecurity and severe humanitarian funding shortages continue to cause a sharp worsening of the situation in South Sudan for many civilians. Recent fighting between government and opposition forces in We...
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Food insecurity drives more South Sudanese to Sudan
UNHCR, 29 Mar 2016
GENEVA, March 29 (UNHCR) – Increased food insecurity in South Sudan – caused by the ongoing conflict and deteriorating economic conditions – is driving an increasing number of people to seek refuge in neighbouring Sudan, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has warned. Heightened food insecurity a...
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South Sudan fighting forces thousands to flee to CAR, Uganda and DRCongo
UNHCR, 11 Mar 2016
Fighting in previously peaceful areas of South Sudan's Western Equatoria state continues to force thousands of people to flee into the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Uganda and even the volatile Central African Republic. We hope to gain access next week to an estimated 7,000 South Sudane...
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Thousands are fleeing South Sudan's new rebellion
Newsweek, 03 Mar 2016
One evening while he was still celebrating the birth of his first son a week earlier, Philip Bati answered a knock on the door at home in the South Sudanese city of Yambio. Expecting well-wishers, Bati instead found men with guns on his doorstep demanding money. It had been an expensive week sinc...
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UNHCR distributes food and non-food items to IDPs in S. Sudan’s Yambio
Sudan Tribune, 03 Mar 2016
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has started distribution of food and non-food items to thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the South Sudan’s western town of Yambio in former Western Equatoria state. The relief items include blankets, plastic sheets, flours,...
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