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UNHCR warns of overcrowding amid worsening South Sudan displacement

Thursday, 18 August 2016 10:02 PM [ Last Update: Thursday, 18 August 2016 10:27 PM ]

Newly arrived refugees from South Sudan queue to receive food at the Nyumanzi transit centre in Adjumani on July 13, 2016. ©AFP

Daniel Arapmoi
Press TV, Adjumani

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has called for a speedy relocation of over 50,000 refugees out of transit centers in Uganda. The call comes as South Sudanese refugees continue to flee into neighboring Uganda in their thousands. Press TV correspondent Daniel Arapmoi reports from Pagirinya refugee camp in Uganda's West Nile district of Adjumani.

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