Over 1800 internally displaced people (IDPs) returned to South Sudan Wednesday from Sudan.
Speaking to journalists at Juba River Port, the Head of the Repatriation Taskforce of South Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Commission (SSRRC), Gatwech Peter Kulang, said 250 of the returnees will go to Torit, and 170 of them will go to Western Equatoria State.
Kulang added that most of the returnees are from Central Equatoria State.
He explained that World Food Program will provide food and shelter for the returnees to help start a new life in South Sudan.
The International Organization for Migration, in collaboration with the SSRRC, have funded and facilitated the return of the 1800 IDPs.
Meanwhile the returnees said that they were delighted to be home despite the challenges they encountered along the way.
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