KEY FIGURES
847,964 The total number of South Sudanese Refugees (both pre Dec 2013 caseload and new arrivals)
114,337 Old caseload before 15 Dec. 2013 (covered by the regular budget)
266,916 Refugees in South Sudan - 1.69 M Internally Displaced People (IDPs)
FUNDING (as of 27 June)
USD 573.4 M Requested for the situation
CONTRIBUTIONS: USD 85.4M
GAP: 488.0 M
HIGHLIGHTS
In Bambouti, Central African Republic, the current population of South Sudanese has been revised to 4,058 after a recent verification exercise.
In Democratic Republic of Congo, the number of new arrivals since end of 2015 remains at 11,966.
In Gambella, Ethiopia, the security situation remains calm with no major incidents reported. Both refugees and members of the host community participated in activities to commemorate World Refugee Day, which focused on promoting peaceful coexistence among refugees and between refugees and their host community.
In Kenya, UNHCR, the Government of Kenya, partners and community members attended a ground-breaking ceremony on 17 June in Kalobeiyei to thank the host community for giving land for refugee settlement. World Refugee Day was commemorated on 20 June at the Napata grounds in Kakuma.
In Sudan, an estimated 5,000 South Sudanese refugees arrived into East Darfur’s El Ferdous locality after fighting erupted in Raja, Western Bahr al Ghazal, in South Sudan on 15 June. Arrivals are mostly women, children, and elderly in urgent need of food, nutrition, health and shelter support. Initial food items have been provided by local communities and state authorities. Further assistance will follow an interagency mission to the area set to begin on 3 July.
In Uganda, a total of 3,126 South Sudanese new arrivals were received in the districts of Adjumani, Arua and Kiryandongo during the second half of June. This is an increase from the 2,829 new arrivals received in the first half of June.
In South Sudan, UNHCR deployed a mobile response team to Wau following violence on 24 June which displaced more than 12,000 people near the UNMISS base. UNHCR deployed an emergency response team to look into the protection needs of the most vulnerable internally displaced people and plan for targeted assistance, including distribution of sanitary pads to girls and women of reproductive age.
Population of concern
A total of 847,964 South Sudanese refugees as of 30 June