People from South Sudan forced to find refuge in other countries
South Sudanese refugees[1]
Total population
2.4 million (2022)
Regions with significant populations
Uganda
520,577[citation needed]
Ethiopia
321,342[citation needed]
Sudan
261,794[citation needed]
Kenya
90,181[citation needed]
DRC
60,211[citation needed]
Egypt
34,583[2]
CAR
4,931[citation needed]
South Sudanese refugees are persons originating from the African country of South Sudan, but seeking refuge outside the borders of their native country. The world's youngest independent country has a recent and troubled history of prolonged conflicts and ecosystem mismanagement such as overlogging, which has led to desertification.[3] These forces have resulted not only in violence and famine, but also the forced migration of large numbers of the population, both inside and outside the country's borders. South Sudan was cited as the largest refugee crisis in 2016, being the world's third largest, followed by Syria and Afghanistan.[4] As of 2022[update], the UNHCR estimated that there were 2.4 million refugees under its mandate originating from South Sudan, making the country the fifth largest source of refugees.[5]
In March 2024, the UNHCR and its partners called for $1.4 billion in aid to support more than two million South Sudanese refugees across five African nations, highlighting the ongoing humanitarian needs of these displaced populations.[6]
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^The UN Refugee Agency. "Refugee context in Egypt". Retrieved 11 November 2023.
South Sudanese refugees are persons originating from the African country ofSouthSudan, but seeking refuge outside the borders of their native country...
refugees are persons originating from the country ofSudan, but seeking refuge outside the borders of their native country. In recent history, Sudan has...
Uganda is one of the largest refugee-hosting nations in the world, with 1,529,904 refugees (as of 28 February 2022). The vast influx ofrefugees is due to...
1980s and 1990s. Many South Sudanese have moved to the US since the 1990s as war refugees, escaping civil war in Sudan and the refugee camps in Africa. The...
The South Sudanese Civil War was a multi-sided civil war in SouthSudan between forces of the government and opposition forces. In December 2013, President...
secession ofSouthSudan (See: Naivasha Agreement). Another complication is the Southern Sudanese refugees present in the north, whose citizenship in Sudan after...
fled the post-independence violence in SouthSudan in 2011–2013. The boys embarked on treacherous journeys to refugee camps in Ethiopia and Kenya where thousands...
are tens of thousands of Sudanese refugees in Egypt, most of them seeking refuge from ongoing military conflicts in their home country ofSudan. Their official...
SouthSudan is a multilingual country, with over 60 indigenous languages spoken. The official language of the country is English which was introduced...
militias attacked civilians around the oilfields in SouthSudan, causing a stream of Nuer refugees to flee towards SPLA-controlled Bahr al-Ghazal for protection...
[citation needed] As of 2022[update], the UNHCR estimated that there were 2.4 million refugees under its mandate originating from SouthSudan, making the country...
people. Many of the refugees hope to leave Kakuma for third country resettlement in another country. For example, the "Lost Boys ofSudan" were a special...
and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North (SPLM-N), a northern affiliate of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) in SouthSudan. After...
civil crisis in SouthSudan in 2016. The Palorinya Refugee Settlement was established in December 2016 to host refugees from SouthSudan. It was opened...
and SouthSudan. As of October 2021, the camp, Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement, hosted over 73780 refugees. The settlement is dominated by refugees from...
refugees displaced by the conflict in SouthSudan. 239,335 refugees from SouthSudan are being hosted in this refugee settlement of Nyumanzi refugee settlement...
culture ofSouthSudan encompasses the religions, languages, ethnic groups, foods, and other traditions of peoples of the modern state ofSouthSudan, as...
Republic ofSouthSudan established relations with sovereign states and international organizations following independence on 9 July 2011. SouthSudan's former...
southeast, Libya to the northwest, SouthSudan to the south, and the Red Sea. It has a population of 45.7 million people as of 2022 and occupies 1,886,068 square...
SouthSudan is home to around 60 indigenous ethnic groups and 80 linguistic partitions among a 2021 population of around 11 million. Historically, most...
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