"Since the war in Sudan broke out in April 2023, more than 800,000 South Sudanese who were living there have been forced to move back to their home country. Most had entered the border town of Renk in the north, where humanitarian agencies assisted them at a transit centre for a few weeks before the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the government helped them to get home."
"'Life here is hard,' says Musa Rajab who, along with his family, has been stuck at the transit centre in Renk since June. Photograph: Carlos Mureithi/The Guardian I feel broken because the organisations stopped the travel, says Musa Rajab, a 66-year-old man who arrived at the centre with his family from El-Gadarif town in south-east Sudan in June. Life here is hard, because if you don't have money, you face difficulties."
More than 800,000 South Sudanese returned from Sudan after the conflict that began in April 2023. Thousands entered the northern border town of Renk and received short-term assistance at a transit centre. The International Organization for Migration and the government formerly helped returnees travel to their final destinations. In June the IOM suspended the programme because of a funding shortfall tied to a freeze on State Department-funded aid, leaving thousands stranded. Around 9,000 people are sheltering at the Renk transit centre with limited access to humanitarian services. Many had originally gone to Sudan to escape South Sudan's 2013 civil war or to seek opportunities.
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