1.3m South Sudanese refugees returned home since 2018, UNHCR says
Civilians who fled the war in Sudan camp at the UNHCR transit centre in Renk, near the border crossing point in Renk County of Upper Nile State, South Sudan on May 1, 2023. PHOTO | JOK SOLOMUN | REUTERS
Some 1.33 million South Sudanese refugees have spontaneously returned home since the signing of a revitalized peace agreement in October 2018 to March 31, 2024, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Wednesday.
The return of 45,429 South Sudanese was verified and reported in March, 12 percent more than in February, the UNHCR said in its latest update released in Juba, the capital of South Sudan.
