(March. 20, 2014) The United Nations Mission in South Sudan and other agencies have started relocating hundreds of civilians sheltering at the UN protection site in Tomping.
The IDPs are being moved to the UN protection site at the UN house in Jebel following the start of the rainy season.
A UN official involved in the relocation, Tom Dingwall says ten percent of the land at the Tomping site is inhabitable and almost all the latrines have essentially collapsed.
“We have done community sensitization for the past 48 hours, speaking to the different community groups through the community leaders to pass message why we want people to voluntary relocate themselves and their property up to the UN house
A community leader at Tomping site, James Nyal, embraces calls for relocation. Nyal says some IDPS are reluctant to move.
“the general feeling of the displaced here is that they fear that there is insecurity in the UN house especially for the movement of coming to the town here, they say that they find a lot of difficulties all the time.”
Already hundreds of IDPs have moved from the Tomping site to the site in Jebel which is less congested.