UNMISS REVIEWS PEACEKEEPING PRIORITIES TO REFLECT CHANGING NEEDS OF VULNERABLE SOUTH SUDANESE
Channel: UNMISS VIDEOS
Date: 2017-11-17

Two and a half thousand people live in this camp next to the United Nations peacekeeping base in Bor, having sought sanctuary from ongoing violence in the surrounding region. 

These internally displaced people are among more than 213,000 South Sudanese living in six UN protected sites across the country. The sites exist to shelter people who believe they face the threat of physical violence and genuinely fear for their lives.

While numbers in the sites fluctuate, depending on the security situation, the trend is showing a slow decline. A number of joint initiatives are underway in areas like Bor, Bentiu, Wau, and Melut to encourage this process by creating safe and supported environments outside the camps so people can choose to return home.