23 Nov 2012

SOUTH SUDAN / GUTERRES

The UN High Commissioner for refugees, Antonio Guterres wrapped up a two-day visit today to South Sudan, where he visited Yida refugee settlement. Just twelve kilometers from the volatile conflict zone on the border with Sudan, Yida now has nearly 60,000 Sudanese refugees. UNHCR

Posted at: November 23, 2012 5:45 pm

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STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / GUTERRES
TRT: 1.34
SOURCE: CH UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / ARABIC / NATS

DATELINE: 22 NOVEMBER 2012, YIDA REFUGEE SETTLEMENT, SOUTH SUDAN

SHOTLIST:

1. Wide shot, overview of camp and people outside
2. Med shot, people walking around camp
3. Wide shot, children by straw house
4. Med shot, children by straw house
5. Med shot, child dressing another child in plastic
6. Wide shot, women sitting by food market
7. Wide shot, Mariam Siluman walking in field
8. Med shot, Siluman touching plants
9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mariam Siluman, Sudanese Refugee:
"There were bombings of Antanovs morning until sunset. We were not able to eat. We don't want to go anywhere. We want to stay here."
10. Med shot, Mariam Siluman walking out of field
11. Med shot, people walking in camp
12. Med shot, Antonio Guterres UN High Commissioner for Refugees entering camp
13. Wide shot, Guterres talking with people
14. Med shot, Guterres talking with people
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres UN High Commissioner for Refugees:
"This is the most threatening situation I have ever met in a refugee camp. Not only because it is close to a war zone. But because of no access - all things have to be brought by plane during six months in a year. Also being close to a war zone it is very difficult to avoid armed people coming into the camp."

FILE - DATE UNKNOWN, JAMAM CAMP, SOUTH SUDAN

16. Various shots, people in the rain at Jamam Camp

STORYLINE:

UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres on Thursday (22 November) highlighted the need to assist some 60,000 displaced persons living in South Sudan's largest refugee camp close to the border with Sudan, describing their situation as a forgotten crisis.

Since September, thousands of people have been prompted to flee Sudan's South Kordofan state into South Sudan's Yida settlement as a result of renewed fighting between Sudanese Armed Forces and the rebel group known as the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA-North).

Unable to access their crops, people arrive weakened by hunger and ill with infection and malaria. Scores of kids are malnourished, some so severely they arrive close to death.

UNHCR and partners provide life-saving assistance the moment refugees arrive. They get emergency medical care, food, water and a place to build a temporary home.

Mariam Siluman is one refugee settled in Yida and grateful to be alive. She and her husband fled with their children when they lost access to their farm.

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mariam Siluman, Sudanese Refugee:
"There were bombings of Antanovs morning until sunset. We were not able to eat. We don't want to go anywhere. We want to stay here."

But UNHCR and the South Sudan government want her and the rest of the refugees to move farther South, well away from the border, to safer camps.

On a visit this week to South Sudan, Guterres toured the camp and urged refugees to move.

SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres UN High Commissioner for Refugees:
"This is the most threatening situation I have ever met in a refugee camp. Not only because it is close to a war zone. But because of no access - all things have to be brought by plane during six months in a year. Also being close to a war zone it is very difficult to avoid armed people coming into the camp."

According to a local refugee leader it will be up to the people themselves to decide whether to relocate.

Eight months of relentless rain have stopped now and with it more intense fighting across the border. UNHCR is gearing up to help thousands more refugees expected cross.