Sudan says new wave of S. Sudanese refugees arrive
Xinhua, July 14, 2016 Adjust font size:
Sudanese government on Wednesday announced that a great number of South Sudanese refugees have arrived in its territories due to the recent events occurred in South Sudan's capital Juba, Sudan Tribune reported.
Last Thursday, violent clashes broke out between forces loyal to South Sudan President Salva Kiir and Vice-President Riek Machar respectively around the Presidential Palace in Juba and extended to neighborhoods around and places near the airport.
"A new wave of South Sudanese refugees have poured into Sudan during the past couple of days but the number is yet to be determined," Sudan's Humanitarian Aid Commissioner Ahmed Mohamed Adam was quoted as saying.
He stressed readiness to meet any contingency regarding the South Sudanese refugees if the conflict continues in the neighboring country.
Adam further said that Sudan has received 500,000 South Sudanese refugees since the eruption of the fighting between the forces of Kiir Mayardit and Machar in December 2013.
Most of the Southern Sudanese refugees in Sudan live in seven camps in White Nile, East Darfur, West Kordofan and Khartoum States.
On March 17, the Sudanese government decided to treat the South Sudanese citizens residing in Sudan as foreigners, and it would take legal measures against whoever does not have a passport or an entry visa. Endit