Since
conflict flared three weeks ago, the number of people fleeing to
Uganda has doubled to 52,000, with 8,000 more seeking refuge in Sudan
and Kenya.
Refugee
flows from South Sudan into Uganda have doubled in the past ten days,
bringing to more than 52,000 the total number who have entered the
country since violence escalated three weeks ago, UNHCR, the UN
Refugee agency, said today.
Neighbouring
Kenya, meanwhile, has reported the arrival of 1,000 refugees in the
same period, while 7,000 have fled to Sudan.
In total,
60,000 people have fled the country since violence broke out in Juba
last month, bringing the overall number of South Sudanese refugees in
neighbouring countries since December 2013 to nearly 900,000.
UNHCR
spokesperson Melissa Fleming told a press briefing in Geneva that
refugees brought disturbing reports that armed groups operating on
roads to Uganda are preventing people from fleeing South Sudan.
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