CARE - One year on from famine declaration, more South Sudanese are going hungry

UNHCR held a VR workshop called “Future Aleppo” in Gaziantep together with refugee children.

PMU/MOPIC is looking into upgrading the system of work permit issuance, automating the process to an online system. This will also help accuracy of data collected by the MoL.

Since November, UNHCR has evacuated 1,084 refugees out of Libya. 770 of them were taken to Niger and 312 to Italy. Cooperation of UNHCR's partners and support by the governments of Niger, Libya and Italy crucial.

Seven refugees killed in clashes in Keilak, West Kordofan, in a retaliatory attack following recent clashed between the Missarriya tribe and armed groups from South Sudan in the Abyei area.

WFP flags ongoing pipeline breaks are interrupting general food distribution to South Sudanese refugees across Sudan. Breaks are linked to Sudan's economic crisis and recent import restrictions.

East Darfur authorities designate 4 new border entry points for refugee arrivals to establish reception centres and provide medical and nutritional screenings with basic health services, as well as hot meal provision, household registration and transportation . Entry points are anticipated to be operational by April.

High Commissioner Grandi visited Turkey and met with refugees living in Istanbul and held meetings with the Turkish authorities.

Child Protection SWG 2018 workplan has been finalized and uploaded on the portal http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/download.php?id=15078

A planning workshop was conducted in January with16 organizations who drafted recommendations linked to SGBV gap analysis and 2018 workplan draft