According to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), by 19 February 121,395 South Sudanese refugees had arrived in Sudan following the outbreak of violence in South Sudan in mid-December 2013.
The majority of the refugees are in White Nile State where humanitarian organizations continue to provide them with assistance.
Due to the continued influx of refugees and the strain that this places on services at existing relocation sites, two new relocation sites have been constructed.
To date, an estimated 8,600 refugees (1,633 families) have been relocated from Al Kashafa, Jouri, El Redis and Al Alagaya to the new sites of El Redis 2 and Dabat Bosin.