More shelters, medication, and basic supplies are reportedly urgently required, according to aid organizations.
Thousands of people have been fleeing the Sudanese civil conflict for the past ten months to Renk, a town in South Sudan that is located close across the border.
At least 541,888 persons have arrived since April 2023. UN agencies recorded 71, 757 new arrivals in December, the greatest amount of any month in the previous year.
Of them, 81 percent are from South Sudan and about 18 percent are from Sudan. The latter most likely departed South Sudan during the 2013–2020 civil war that erupted there. The conflict in Sudan between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces was the reason they had to go back.
Renk’s circumstances are dire. Refugee camps and meeting places are significantly overcrowded as a result of the large number of arrivals every day. Although the transit center was only ready to accommodate 4,000 people, it is currently home to almost 23,000 people.
There is a pitiful lack of sanitation facilities, with 200 people sharing one latrine. Measles, cholera, and severe malnutrition cases are increasing.
Aid organizations are finding it difficult to provide for the urgent needs of traumatized and worn-out families who have been wandering for days on little food and water. Not even when they get to the transit center will they find sufficient food and sanitary water. There is an urgent need for more basic supplies, medication, and shelters.
