DRA to register displaced and refugees for return, West Darfur returnees in need of aid
The Darfur Regional Authority (DRA) plans to start a new registration of the people in the Darfur camps for the displaced and Darfuri refugees outside the country. The new database will used for return and repatriation purposes and built on already existing data, mainly from the World Food Programme and the International Organisation for Migration.According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) an estimated 17,000 people who returned to 12 villages in Sirba and Jebel Moon locality in West Darfur are suffering from a shortage of basic services, like water, sanitation, health, and education, according to findings from two inter-agency missions led by the Sudanese Humanitarian Aid Commission and the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, earlier this month. The villages assessed include Umsebeigha, Burta, Bir Saliba, Gimri and Rufaida villages in Sirba locality, as well as Tatinga, Shatan, Jamal Arkeek, Tombostat, Umgussa and Badda villages in Jebel Moon locality.In Badda village, of the estimated 4,800 returnees found, only 200 confirmed that they had permanently returned. The remaining returnees were seasonal returnees who indicated they were willing to settle permanently in the area if better access to basic services would be provided.File photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran /Unamid
The Darfur Regional Authority (DRA) plans to start a new registration of the people in the Darfur camps for the displaced and Darfuri refugees outside the country. The new database will used for return and repatriation purposes and built on already existing data, mainly from the World Food Programme and the International Organisation for Migration.
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) an estimated 17,000 people who returned to 12 villages in Sirba and Jebel Moon locality in West Darfur are suffering from a shortage of basic services, like water, sanitation, health, and education, according to findings from two inter-agency missions led by the Sudanese Humanitarian Aid Commission and the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, earlier this month.
The villages assessed include Umsebeigha, Burta, Bir Saliba, Gimri and Rufaida villages in Sirba locality, as well as Tatinga, Shatan, Jamal Arkeek, Tombostat, Umgussa and Badda villages in Jebel Moon locality.
In Badda village, of the estimated 4,800 returnees found, only 200 confirmed that they had permanently returned. The remaining returnees were seasonal returnees who indicated they were willing to settle permanently in the area if better access to basic services would be provided.
File photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran /Unamid
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