More than 60 000 South Sudanese have entered Sudan in the first three months of 2017, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Wednesday, saying the increase in a number of people who fled South Sudan has exceeded its expectation.
The UN refugee agency UNHCR was initially expecting 60 000 South Sudanese refugees to arrive in Sudan in the whole of 2017, but that figure has already been exceeded in the first three months.
“The number of new arrivals has surpassed expectations, signalling a likely worsening situation in South Sudan,” it said in a statement.
UNHCR also said it expects the number of South Sudanese to rise throughout this year, expressing concern about the drop in funding to meet the needs of more than 365,000 South Sudanese refugees in Sudan.
