Source: Miraya FM
Country: Sudan, South Sudan (Republic of)
(3rd June, 2013) - More than 700 South Sudanese returnees from Khartoum arrived in Malakal on Monday.
A group of 725 returnees left the Shajara camp in Khartoum on Saturday, facilitated by the South Sudan Embassy and the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs in Khartoum.
The returnees were transported on 27 trucks and arrived at the border town of Renk on Sunday, according to Jacob Malek, a repatriation officer based in Renk.
He said more returnees were expected in the next few days.
There is an estimated 45,000 South Sudanese in Shajara camp awaiting repatriation, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the South Sudan Embassy in Khartoum.