Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Country: Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda
HIGHLIGHTS
- In Sudan, with the level of influx, this year’s planned figures will be exceeded by the end of this month. The current numbers are merely 2,100 away from the planned numbers for the whole year, which was estimated at 196,000.
- The security situation in Upper Nile State and Malakal (South Sudan) remains concerning. On 8 July, the Protection Cluster (PC) met in Juba with UNMISS Protection of Civilians (POC) Unit and Human Rights Division, as well as the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) and the International Medical Corps (IMC) to discuss the issues and identify measures to be taken to improve security in and around the Malakal POC site.
- In Ethiopia, a Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) technical mission visited the refugee operation to test a methodology to assess the current supply/demand of woody biomass for heating and cooking within the camps as well as collect information on the current uses of bioenergy and examine innovative and appropriate energy conversion technologies for heating and cooking purposes.
- A joint global UNHCR and UNICEF Child Protection mission was in Nairobi (Kenya) on 13-17 July. The purpose of the mission was to enhance the bilateral cooperation of both agencies, discuss joint funding mobilization initiatives, and support a Regional Child Protection Workshop.