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South Sudan + 5 more

South Sudan UNHCR Operational Update (1 - 15 January 2018)

Attachments

2,000 Refugees and IDPs received nonfood items during the reporting period.

2,470 Refugee children and adolescents attended child friendly spaces and skill learning activities in Upper Nile during the reporting period

9,000 Tree seedlings potted in Upper Nile during the reporting period

KEY FIGURES

INSIDE SOUTH SUDAN

283,409 Refugees in South Sudan as of 31 December 2017.

1.9 million IDPs in South Sudan including 204,172 in UNMISS Protection of Civilians sites as of 11 January 2018

US $883.5 million Funding requested by UNHCR for the South Sudan Situation in 2017.

PROTECTION

Achievements and Impact

Unity

  • In Yida, UNHCR registered 625 new arrivals (366 women, 259 men) against 164 during the same period in 2017 which represents 281% increase. The new arrivals were mainly due to lack of food in Sudan’s South Kordofan state that occurred because of poor harvests caused by drought.

  • During the reporting period, UNHCR relocated 564 refugees to Jamjang refugee camps, including 495 to Ajuong Thok and 69 to Pamir. This includes 29 refugees who were previously settled in Yida and 535 new refigee arrivals. As of 15 January 2018, the refugee population in Jamjang camps was as follows: Ajuong Thok refugee camp - 40,291, Pamir refugee camp - 19,250, Yida refugee settlement - 54,985.

  • In Ajuong Thok refugee camp, UNHCR partner International Rescue Committee (IRC) conducted awareness campaigns on Sexual Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) for 544 (221 men, 323 women) new arrivals.

  • In Ajuong Thok refugee camp, UNHCR recorded 8 new SGBV incidents, including 6 physical assaults, 1 case involving psychological/emotional abuse and 1 case involving sexual assault.

  • In Yida refugee settlement, UNHCR conducted 2 SGBV health talk sessions for 230 refugees (80 men, 150 women).

  • During the reporting period, UNHCR partner Lutheran World Federation (LWF) relocated 13 (8 boys, 5 girls) separated children from Yida to Pamir Refugee Camp and 37 (8 boys, 29 girls) separated children to Ajuong Thok refugee camp.
    Out of 13 children received in Pamir, 11 reunited with their biological parents, and 2 were placed under the custody of relatives, while out of 37 refugee children received in Ajuong Thok, 10 reunified with their biological parents, and 27 were placed under foster care with relatives.

  • In Ajuong Thok refugee camp, UNHCR provided food and non-food items to 17 households (70 individuals) with specific needs as a response to their protection needs. The people assisted included survivors of fire incident, SGBV cases and individuals with other vulnerabilities such as serious medical condition and woman at-risk.

Central Equatoria

  • In Gorom refugee settlement, UNHCR in collaboration with the Commission for Refugee Affairs (CRA) commenced the renewal of over 700 expired refugee ID cards, including the registration of pending new arrival cases and litigation of no-shows from previous verification exercises. So far, 10 families comprised of 24 individuals were verified and 51 expired refugee ID cards were renewed. The verification and documentation of refugees in Gorom settlement is expected finish in 4 weeks.

  • In Juba, UNHCR in collaboration with CRA reactivated 11 inactive refugees. Also, UNHCR registered 24 asylum seekers and 9 refugees. Currently, there are 4,275 people of concern in Juba, including 2,404 refugees and 1,866 asylum seekers. All registered persons were enrolled in the Biometric Identity Management System (BIMS) and were issued relevant registration documents.

  • In Yei, UNHCR resumed registration of Congolese and Sudanese refugees. So far, 12 (5 men; 6 women) new arrivals from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), including a new-born child have been registered. Also, 13 ID Cards were issued/renewed (12 to Sudanese refugees and 1 to a Congolese refugee).

  • In Lasu, UNHCR partner UMCOR continued to provide services and support to refugee farmers at refugee hide-out locations. The asisstance included Business Management Training, Village Saving Loan Association (VSLA) training, post-planting visits and on-farm trainings. The support provided aims at improving food production and refugees’ well-being.

Upper Nile

  • In Kaya, Yusuf Batil and Gendrassa refugee camps, UNHCR registered 346 new-borns. Families with new-born children received proof of registration documents which will enable them to access services.

  • In all four camps in Maban, UNHCR and its partner Danish Refugee Council (DRC) organised 8 orientation sessions on UNHCR Code of Conduct for newly selected 130 Protection Monitors.

  • In Maban, UNHCR and Save the Children International (SCI) jointly monitored the conditions of 133 children (79 girls, 54 boys). All children were referred for protection services to relevant humanitarian organisations. These children include separated children, orphans, children with disabilities, children suffering from psychological and physical illnesses, child survivors of violence, and children living with the elderly caretakers.

  • In Doro refugee camp, 2,100 children (1,056 girls, 1,044 boys) participated in psychosocial activities at the Child Activity Centre (CAC). In addition, 185 adolescents (183 girls, 2 boys) participated in skills building activities such as tailoring and bead making.

  • In Maban camps, UNHCR identified 33 SGBV cases. The identified cases include physical assault (15), denial of resources (9), physical and emotional violence (7), rape (1) and forced marriage (1). These cases were referred to relevant service providers for medical services, psychosocial support, counselling and legal assistance.