SITUATION REPORT EXTERNAL SITREP 7 – 13 July 2014
IOM Regional Response to South Sudan Crisis
OVERVIEW
The security situa on in South Sudan remained tense and
unpredictable in this repor ng period. Despite the civil war,
the country marked its third Independence Day on 9 July.
Hopes remain that South Sudan will overcome the
challenges and start to rebuild the country.
The number of check points in and around Juba town has
increased since 30 June, partly due to reported tensions
between the central government and the Equatoria states.
Increased criminality con nues in Juba, linked to the non-
payment of salaries of security forces. During the repor ng
period, specula on of imminent a'acks on Malakal and
Ben u towns by Sudan People's Libera on Army in
Opposi on (SPLA-IO) spread but did not materialize.
Ethiopia UNHCR con nued to register a reduced number
of refugees this week. In this repor ng period, IOM
provided transporta on for 147,924 refugees from Pagak,
Burbiey and Akobo to Kule II Refugee Camp. In Assosa, IOM
has transported 1,341 refugees to date. Movements from
Assosa are done on request by the Administra on for
Refugee and Returnee Affairs (ARRA).
Kenya has received the least number of South Sudanese
refugees; 40,196 refugees have been registered to date
(Source: UNHCR Sitrep, 11 July). This week 523 refugees
entered the country, compared to 650 refugees in the last
week. The cost of transporta on to the Kenyan border
coupled with heavy rains in South Sudan con nue to hinder
the movement of refugees. Addi onally, seasonal rivers are
now full as a result of the rains, and are blocking the paths
refugees take to reach Kenya.
According to UNHCR, 85,972 refugees have entered Sudan
since the conflict broke out in December 2013. IOM is
tracking and registering the refugees around Sudan. In the
last two weeks of June, IOM iden fied a new movement
trend from the open areas of Khartoum State to the White
Nile State. This trend is a'ributed to lack of familial support
network to join Khartoum.
Uganda, like other countries receiving refugees from South
Sudan, has recorded a drop in the number of refugees
entering the country mainly through the Nimule and
Koboko borders during the repor ng period. 531 refugees
were registered by IOM this week compared to 1,641
refugees registered last week. UNHCR reports that 119,003
refugees have entered Uganda since the influx began in
January 2014. Uganda has received the second largest
number of South Sudanese refugees aFer Ethiopia.
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General reduc!on recorded in the number of refugees
entering Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan and Uganda.
HIGHLIGHTS
Kenya: Cases of bandit a)acks reported among refugees
travelling into Kenya.
Uganda: Heavy rains slow down IOM’s Water, Sanita!on
and Hygiene (WASH) ac!vi!es.
Refugees disembark at the Kule II Refugee Camp in Ethiopia. IOM is facilita!ng their transporta!on from the Recep!on Centres. © IOM 2014 (Photo: Alemayehu Seifesselasie)
South Sudan: 11,500 IDPs relocated to the new PoC site
in Malakal
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IOM RESPONSE
TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE
SOUTH SUDAN:
Since 2010, IOM has been providing Common Transport
Service (CTS), a common humanitarian cargo
transporta on service in support of the Logis cs Cluster.
Presently, a total of 13 trucks are dedicated for this
service, deployed at strategic loca ons across the country
to provide transport assistance to humanitarian partners.
ETHIOPIA: AirliFs for vulnerable refugees con nued from
Burbiey this week and IOM works to ensure that all
refugees reach the refugee camps where services are
provided. 870 refugees have been airliFed from Burbiey to
Kule II Refugee Camp on a UNHCR helicopter since the
airliFs began in April 2014.
Transporta on assistance for refugees entering Ethiopia
through Assosa also con nued this week. To date, IOM has
provided transporta on for 1,341 refugees. IOM is
coordina ng refugee movements from the three
opera onal entry points in Assosa, on request from ARRA.
KENYA: There are increasing incidences of bandit a'acks
on refugees making their way to Kenya being reported by
the refugees. The a'acks tend to happen in the evening,
thereby forcing the refugees to travel during the day.
Unable to travel at night, the journey takes more than 11
days.
The number of sick refugees arriving in Kenya is also
increasing with malaria, and malnutri on being the most
common challenges. Cases of opthalmia in small children
have also been reported. Kenya’s Ministry of Health has
been providing refugees with medical support at the
border since May 2014.
SUDAN: IOM has tracked and registered 43,392 people
since the conflict began. Between 29 June and 5 July, IOM
tracked and registered 544 refugees, with approximately
79 people arriving per day. In the last repor ng period,
IOM tracked and registered 890 individuals.
SHELTER AND NON-FOOD ITEMS (NFI)
Cluster partners in South Sudan have reached 123,114
households with NFIs, and 38,410 households with
emergency shelter. This represents a 61% achievement for
NFIs (200,000), and a 28% achievement of the emergency
shelter target (90,000). This week the cluster’s opera onal
focus was to increase response in hard-to-reach areas and
coordinate the overall response with partners in Melut,
Akobo, Koch, Leer, Renk, Yuai, Gormai and Old Fangak. The
on-going response includes the distribu on of light
emergency shelter kits, targe ng 7,000 families in Melut.
CAMP COORDINATION AND CAMP MANAGEMENT
The efforts to improve the holding capacity and living
condi ons con nued at PoC sites in UN House (Juba,
Central Equatoria), Malakal (Upper Nile), Bor (Jonglei), and
Ben u (Unity); and IDP sites in Mingkaman /Awerial
(Lakes). IOM is leading the efforts to expand the PoC areas
in Malakal and Bor and is providing assistance in UN House
and Mingkaman. Voluntary reloca on of households from
Tongping and UN House began on 16 June. As of 5 July a
total of 861 IDPs have been relocated to UN House.
WATER SANITATION AND HYGIENE
SOUTH SUDAN: IOM is a main WASH actor in Malakal and
Melut PoCs, and is working with partners to ensure that
the IDPs have access to potable water and sanita on
facili es. Addi onally, IOM is trying to promote good
hygiene prac ces. As WASH focal point in Melut, IOM
con nues to lead the coordina on of cholera response in
partnership with the Health cluster. A consolidated
Cholera Response Plan for Upper Nile is currently being
developed and will be shared within the week.
As the lead provider of WASH assistance at the Doro camp,
IOM con nues to meet the needs of the camp’s refugee
popula on. All key water, hygiene and sanita on
indicators are currently above the minimum standards.
However, there remains a need to maintain these
standards to prevent the outbreak and spread of
waterborne diseases amongst the refugee popula on and
surrounding host communi es.
IOM reached 8,599 individuals with hygiene and sanita on
promo on messages, 6,909 through house visits and 1,690
through social mobiliza on sessions. Of those reached
during social mobiliza on sessions, 1,417 refugees were
reached during a jerry can cleaning exercise that was
carried out in three villages. Jerry can cleaning con nues
to be done to promote safe water chain by providing
access to clean water and currently targets villages with
reported high cases of Acute Watery Diarrhoea (AWD).
Hygiene and sanita on promo on messages were
disseminated during the cleaning exercise.
UGANDA: Uganda’s Office of the Prime Minister and
UNHCR con nue to try and iden fy addi onal land to
establish new se'lements site. Authori es from Yumbe
District have already offered land where refugee
se'lements can be established.
Heavy rains in Ayilo and Baratuku se'lements are affec ng
IOM’s efforts to establish household latrines in the area,
due to water logging, even as surveillance and preven on
efforts for water borne diseases con nue.
IOM has supported 24,800 refugees in Adjumani
se'lements through the provision of medical equipment,
construc on of toilets and the rehabilita on of water
points. To date 15 boreholes have been constructed, and
eight Water User Commi'ees have been established and
trained. Water User Commi'ees manage and maintain the
sanita on of water points (boreholes, etc.) and also
ensure that all damages are effec vely repaired .
Contact
IOM Preparedness and Response Division | [email protected]
Regional Emergency and Post-Crisis Unit | DANILA Bogdan Silviu | [email protected]
For more informa!on on IOM’s Response in South Sudan, see h)p://southsudan.iom.int/crisis/