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35,200 Individuals
Registered Refugee Population
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Population

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Registered Refugee Population

224,041


Households*

62,899


* Household and detailed Sex/Age data may be unavailable or based on estimates for some locations
Last Updated 22 May 2013
Source - UNHCR

Demography
Male (48%) Age (52%) Female
10% 0 - 4 12%
12% 5 - 11 12%
6% 12 - 17 6%
17% 18 - 59 20%
1% 60 + 1%

  Estimated Population by Date

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  Breakdown by Location

Region Current Total    
117,073
30,222
Individuals
Households
52.3 %
73,476
18,310
Individuals
Households
32.8 %
17,678
7,595
Individuals
Households
7.9 %
12,238
5,824
Individuals
Households
5.5 %
3,576
948
Individuals
Households
1.6 %

  Breakdown by Country of Origin

Country of Origin Current Total    
197,484
52,826
Individuals
Households
88.1 %
18,907
7,366
Individuals
Households
8.4 %
5,889
2,018
Individuals
Households
2.6 %
1,760
689
Individuals
Households
0.8 %
1
n/a
Individuals
Households
0 %

   Latest Documents

Report Date: 20/05/2013
Description
The Nutrition situation in South Sudan has remained precarious over the years owing to chronic food insecurity. The populations displaced from South Kordofan and Blue Nile states from 2011 owing to conflict, were installed into camps in the Maban county and high levels of malnutrition among the children was described as a humanitarian crisis. A survey conducted by Médecins sans Frontières -Belgium (MSF-B) in Batil camps subsequently in August 2012, revealed Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) rate of 39.8%. The United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), in collaboration with World Food Programme (WFP), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and partners Samaritan’s purse (SP), Goal, International Medical Corps (IMC), Médecins sans Frontières -Belgium and Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED), carried out a nutrition survey in each of the four main camps of Maban County, Upper Nile state: Gendrassa, Doro, Batil and Jammam Camps. The four surveys took place between 20th February and 6th March 2013, targeting the refugee population.
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Report Date: 17/10/2011
Description
Unity state confronts a set of challenges unparalleled in South Sudan. Some exemplify concerns that register across the emerging republic; others are unique to the state. Situated abreast multiple frontiers, its political, social, economic and security dilemmas make for a perfect storm. Some have festered for years, while more recent developments – prompted by the partition of the “old” Sudan – have exacerbated instability and intensified resource pressure. Recent rebel militia activity has drawn considerable attention to the state, highlighting internal fractures and latent grievances. But the fault lines in Unity run deeper than the rebellions. A governance crisis – with a national subtext – has polarized state politics and sown seeds of discontent. Territorial disputes, cross-border tensions, economic isolation, development deficits and a still tenuous North-South relationship also fuel instability, each one compounding the next amid a rapidly evolving post-independence environment. Juba, and its international partners, must marshal attention and resources toward the fundamental sources of instability in places like Unity if the emerging Republic is to realize its full potential.
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Report Date: 19/05/2013
Description
The report doesn't take into account Refugee relocation figures and it is reflecting both Jamam and Kaya population . Relocation will be reflected in the Weekly Report once migration of registered refugees from Jamam to Kaya Database will be done. Jamam population as of 19th of May is 11,921 (2,948 Household).
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  Highlights

Yusuf Batil Biometric Verification/Registration: as of 22/05/2013 17,712 individuals have been verified (47% of Refugee camp population).
22 May 2013
15/05/2013: Paryang camp is officially closed, all Refugees were relocated over the past three days to Ajuong Thok without any significant problem.
15 May 2013
Today a 16th convoy took place. 105 individuals have been moved from Yida and 91 individuals transferred from Pariang students camp to Ajoung Thok.
13 May 2013
Doro Biometric Verification - as of 24/04 48,154 Refugees have been verified/registered: 45,462 are active, 2,323 have been inactivated and 369 have been closed
24 Apr 2013
Doro Biometric Verification (as of 23/04): 48,053 Refugees have been verified/registered: 45,349 are active, 2,337 were inactivated and 367 closed
23 Apr 2013

  News

Facing meningitis outbreak, UN and South Sudan announce vaccination campaign in Upper Nile
UN News Center, 09 May 2013
9 May 2013 – The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) and South Sudan today announced they will carry out a vaccination campaign to address a meningitis outbreak in the Upper Nile state that has killed three people....
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UNHCR starts relocation of Sudanese refugees from flood-prone camp
UNHCR, 07 May 2013
MABAN, South Sudan, May 7 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency has this week begun the relocation of almost 20,000 Sudanese refugees from the flood-prone Jamam transit site in South Sudan's Upper Nile state to a new camp on higher ground....
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In a move to a new camp, refugees in South Sudan respond cautiously
UNHCR, 17 Apr 2013
YIDA, South Sudan, April 17 (UNHCR) – During the past three weeks, Hassam Neel Salom has been among a small, but growing number of refugees who have moved from a crowded and insecure settlement near a contested section of the border between South Sudan and Sudan to a new camp....
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Hepatitis E toll rises to more than 100 in South Sudan refugee camps
UNHCR, 18 Feb 2013
Hepatitis E toll rises to more than 100 in South Sudan refugee camps...
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Australia Commits US $ 5 Million for Refugees in South Sudan and Ethiopia
Gurtong, 30 Jan 2013
Australia has committed US $5 million to the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to provide food, medical assistance, water, shelter and protection for up to 245,000 refugees fleeing Sudan due to ongoing violence....
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