UN refugee agency chief visits Uganda over South Sudan refugee crisis
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is in Uganda to discuss the South Sudan refugee crisis.泭
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Filippo Grandi will visit the northern district of Adjumani to get a better understanding of the emergency response to the recent mass influx of new arrivals.泭
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The UN refugee agency, UNHCR estimates up to 90,000 South Sudanese have fled into neighbouring Uganda since fresh violence erupted in Juba last month.泭
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Grandi will later travel to the Ugandan capital Kampala where he will meet top government officials on how to address the crisis.
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Meanwhile UNHCR this month started a relocation exercise of refugees in Adjumani to Bidi-bidi settlement in Ugandas Yumbe district.
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The relocation is to decongest the Pagrinya settlement in Adjumani district, where more than 40 cholera cases were reported.
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Solomon Osakana, a Refugee Desk Officer in Arua district, said the Uganda ministry of health intervened to control the outbreak.
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It is not as bad as it was projected; it was mostly in Pagirinya settlement and most of those refugees have been relocated to Yumbe, Osakana explained.泭
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The new arrivals are being handed settlement packages that include food, shelter, mosquito nets and farming implements.泭
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