Authorities in Sudan’s White Nile State on Saturday said they plan to transport 46,000 South Sudanese refugees living in Kosti, Rabak and Al-Duwaim and other towns to refugee camps.
The head of the coordination committee for refugee affairs in the state, Tayeb Mohamed Abdallah, told the Sudanese Media Centre (SMC) that they plan to take back the refugees to camps.
The official stressed that any refugee refuses to comply with the law will be deported from the country.
Sudan’s interior ministry decided to divide a camp for South Sudanese refugees in the White Nile State into three camps to control the security situation after the eruption of violence at Al-Waral camp where a group of South Sudanese refugees set fires to tents before to allegedly looting stores and humanitarian services buildings.
Abdallah pointed out that the state accommodates more than 150,000 refugees in several camps established on areas owned by individuals, cooperative societies and agricultural land.
He further regretted that the refugees didn’t appreciate all the efforts exerted by the people of Sudan.