SITUATION UPDATE

Humanitarian Update

• Refugees continue to arrive in Unity and Upper Nile States, especially in settlement at Yida which currently hosts approximately 70,000 refugees. Humanitarian partners working in the area have estimated that new arrivals could account for more than 50,000 additional refugees at the site by June.

• A convoy carrying over 800 returnees from Khartoum arrived in Upper Nile State’s Malakal town on 21 March. A second convoy is expected in the coming days carrying an estimated 500 people.

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