Refugees from Sudan’s South Kordofan residing in Yida refugee camp in South Sudan’s Ruweng State have once again rejected calls for them to move to Pamir camp, calling on the UN refugee agency to reconsider its decision to relocate them to the new camp.
The UNHCR plans to move the Sudanese refugees to a camp in Pamir, located about 10 kilometres from the border between Sudan and South Sudan. Yida camp hosted thousands of refugees after the outbreak of war in 2011.
Al-Nur Saleh who manages the Yida refugee camp called on the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and South Sudan government through Radio Tamazuj to reconsider their plan to move them to Pamir camp.
He pointed out that more than 50,000 refugees are still living in the camp and that they don’t want to leave because they have farmlands in the area. Al Nur added that the refugees described the new camp as “unfit for accommodation”.