Quoted: "Sudden surge" in the number of refugees fleeing South Kordofan

Hundreds of desperate Sudanese are arriving each day in South Sudan’s already overwhelmed Yida refugee camp—most of them women and children.

Photo: Marion Dols/IRC

Quoting an International Rescue Committee statement, the BBC today reported that aid workers in South Sudan's Yida refugee camp say there has been a big rise recently in the number of people fleeing fighting in South Kordofan, in neighboring Sudan.

"In just a couple of months, the camp population has nearly doubled and is about to hit the 30,000 mark ... The sudden surge in new arrivals is putting a huge strain on resources. Many refugees are struggling to find enough wood and grass to build shelters, while more medical supplies are needed to treat the newly-arrived, many of whom suffer from malnutrition and exhaustion."

- IRC statement
 

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