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Refugees of South Sudan

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in Arua, Dzaipi in Adjumani at the Uganda-South Sudan border near Nimule, and one at Entebbe Airport. The Dzaipi settlement became overcrowded, as it had 25,000 people, and was only designed to hold 3,000 people. In February 2016, The UN Children's fund reported that "The transit centres are at
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Blue Nile students at high schools in Bambasi, Tango, Sherkole, and Ashura refugee camps in Ethiopia report difficulties sitting for the Ethiopian National Examinations. As of 2014, around 5,500 refugees from South Sudan were living at Tirgol, Ethiopia.
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In March 2024, the UNHCR and its partners called for $ 1.4 billion in aid to support more than two million South Sudanese refugees across five African nations, highlighting the ongoing humanitarian needs of these displaced populations.
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their limits. Nyumanzi Transit Center can accommodate 3,000 persons but can be stretched to 5,000 individuals in a worst case scenario while Maaji Settlement (Adjumani) can take another 10,000 refugees." Refugees at the
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According to Norwegian Refugees Council (NRC) in Sudan, about 5000 South Sudanese refugees are settled in semi-settlements around Khartoum; most of which lived in South Sudanese states neighbouring Sudan.
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of large numbers of the population, both inside and outside the country's borders. South Sudan was cited as the largest refugee crisis in 2016, being the world's third largest, followed by
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There are 272,261 registered refugees in South Sudan in 2016: 251,216 are from Sudan, 14,767 are from the DRC, 4,400 from Ethiopia and 1,878 are from the CAR.
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in Northwestern Uganda became the largest refugee camp in the world in early 2017, with over 270,000 refugees.
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Map showing the displacement of South Sudanese civilians due to the
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and ecosystem mismanagement such as overlogging, which has led to
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People from South Sudan forced to find refuge in other countries
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About 272,000 refugees from South Sudan were living in the
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of Ethiopia, as of April 2016. Most of them live in these
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Caring for South Sudanese in Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia
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are persons originating from the African country of
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Index

Uganda
Ethiopia
Sudan
Kenya
DRC
Egypt
CAR
South Sudan
prolonged conflicts
desertification
forced migration
Syria
Afghanistan
internally displaced persons
South Sudanese Civil War

civil war
South Sudanese
refugees
Gambela Region
refugee camps
UNHCR
Adjumani
Arua
Kiryandongo
Kampala
Koboko
Rhino
Kiryandongo settlement camp
Bidi Bidi Refugee Settlement

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