There Are Now More Than 1 Million Refugees From South Sudan In Uganda

Get the Full StoryHundreds of thousands of people have fled South Sudan’s vicious conflict to neighboring Uganda, the United Nations confirmed.

More than a million refugees fleeing from the violence in South Sudan have been sheltered by Uganda, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR confirmed on Thursday.

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Between 60 to 80 of those who have been sheltered by Uganda are women or children, according to Amnesty International and the International Rescue Committee IRC .

Uganda, which took more refugees last year than any other nation in the world, has been widely praised for their humanitarian efforts.

But Sarah Jackson, Amnesty's deputy regional director for East Africa, the Horn and the Great Lakes, said in a statement that the scale of the emergency had overwhelmed governmental and international aid agencies' efforts.

"They are now struggling to meet even the most basic needs of South Sudan s refugees, including food, water and shelter, let alone other needs such as psychosocial support for refugees who are deeply traumatized," she said.

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UNHCR estimates that Uganda needs 674 million to continue helping these refugees. However, just a fifth of that amount has been received so far.

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