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Refugees – 2008

The monsoon caused hazardous road conditions and brought the repartition of refugees to a complete halt. Nevertheless, the UNHCR reported in October that a total of 60,665 refugees returned to Sudan in 2008. The estimated cumulative returnees were 62,185 for 2008.¹ By December 2008, some 290,000 refugees have returned to Sudan since the signing of the 2005 CPA and the UNHCR was said assisted half of them return home.²

Funding for humanitarian assistance as well as the fragile security situation hindered the repatriation programs.

1. “Sudan IDP & Refugee Returns,” Reintegration Operations Statistical Overview, accessed October 26, 2011, http://www.internal-displacement.org/8025708F004CE90B/(httpDocuments)/FEED5CE5022A706CC125753E003F3046/$file/Returns_RRR-Jan09.pdf.
2. “Commissioner on Sudan-Uganda Border Urges Refugees to Return Home,” Sudan Tribune, December 25, 2008.