(8th May, 2013) - About 700 Sudanese refugees have been relocated from Jamam camp to Kaya, both in Upper Nile state, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has said.
The move, which could see all the 18,000 refugees camped Jamam relocated to the new camp, is in search for better services, the UNHCR said.
“No one is being forced to go, but the conditions and the infrastructure at the Kaya camp are better than those at the Jamam site where they are now,” said Tim Irwin, UNHCR spokesperson.
“Plots of land that the people are being allocated are larger and we want to ensure that the refugees are in a better location, a safer location, ahead of the rainy season which is due to start really any time from now,” Irwin said, explaining that Kaya is large enough to accommodate more than 35,000 refugees.