SOUTH SUDAN: Ethiopia receives 1000 South Sudan refugees daily
By: Catholic Radio Network (CRN)
Ethiopia receives over thousand refugees daily as the situation worsens in South Sudan, according to a report by the Danish Refugee Council (DRC).
The organization reported that more than 32,000 South Sudanese have sought refuge in the Gambella region of Ethiopia since the beginning of September 2016. These join the 286,000 who have been in the Gambella camp since December 2013 when the war broke out. It further said they are mobilizing resources to assist them and that it has so far constructed emergency shelters for 1,200 households in the last weeks. An additional 200 emergency shelters were being finalized. The organization also assists persons with disabilities and special needs upon arrival to Tierkidi camp in the region, it notes.
DRC’s Country Director in Ethiopia James Curtis says the situation across the border is extremely serious because it is a combination of both the recent fighting and hunger. He also raised concern over the high number of unaccompanied minors, saying that it is a situation that calls for urgent rapid response so as to protect the children.
He said that DRC remains closely engaged with actors to scale up emergency and relief efforts, if the number of new refugees continues to grow in the coming weeks.
