SSP 50 Million Needed To Relocate IDPs From Sudan

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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“Given the urgency of the situation, I have requested the Council of Ministers to approve an amount of fifty million South Sudan Pounds to enable the Ministry step up measures to move our brothers and sisters exposed to danger in Sudan,” Hon. Achuil told legislators last Tuesday.
 
Acuil’s call on parliament came when the August House summoned him last month to answer  questions on what necessary arrangements have been undertaken by the MHADM to transport the remaining IDPs in Khartoum. 

Khartoum and Juba have signed a memorandum of understanding in which the two partners agreed that, South Sudan should relocate all her IPDs in Sudan back home before April 8th 2012. 

He disclosed that, “based on estimates, about 500,000 to 700,000 South Sudanese are expected to return home.” He pointed out that, 120,000 IDPs are currently in open spaces in Khartoum, 15,000 in Kosti who are vulnerable and exposed to multiple dangers and about 500,000 might still be in Khartoum and other States of Sudan who may need to be moved. 

He added that, 21,000 other South Sudanese IDPs are in Egypt including 5,000 people in open places and in desperate situation.
 
Parliamentarians have called on the government to quickly act on the matter describing the move as “urgent.” 

Meanwhile, Acuil has also reiterated his call for the quick intervention of the government on the request, saying unless the government releases the funds, relocating the IDPs remain sa critical challenge to be addressed in time. 

“The Ministry is in coordination with other stakeholders to participate in the return process but most partners are still waiting for the intervention of the national government before they make commitments,” he told the legislators. 

Last week the United Nations warned that the humanitarian situation in the country is likely to worsen if the government and other partners do not take in advance appropriate measures to address the matter.