Tens of thousands flood into Sudan from famine-hit South Sudan, says UN

‘The United Nations refugee agency says over 31,000 South Sudanese, fleeing famine and conflict, have crossed the border into Sudan so far this year.
A statement from the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Khartoum said on Monday that more than 80 percent of the latest arrivals were women and children.
“Initial expectations were that 60,000 refugees may arrive through 2017, but in the first two months alone, over 31,000 refugees arrived,” the statement read.
Sources say many of the refugees are exhausted, malnourished and ill after having walked for days.’
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