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Viewing cable 06KHARTOUM1980, SOUTHERN SUDAN - IDP RETURNS UPDATE

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06KHARTOUM1980 2006-08-20 06:47 2011-08-24 16:30 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Khartoum
VZCZCXRO5183
PP RUEHMA RUEHROV
DE RUEHKH #1980/01 2320647
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 200647Z AUG 06
FM AMEMBASSY KHARTOUM
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4225
INFO RUCNFUR/DARFUR COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 KHARTOUM 001980 
 
SIPDIS 
 
AIDAC 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR AF/SPG, PRM, AND ALSO PASS USAID/W 
USAID FOR DCHA SUDAN TEAM, AFR/SP 
NAIROBI FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA, USAID/REDSO, FAS 
 
E.O. 12958:  N/A 
TAGS: EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
SUBJECT:  SOUTHERN SUDAN - IDP RETURNS UPDATE 
 
 
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Summary 
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1.  The returns season, which has witnessed a fairly active 
spontaneous return movement to Southern Sudan and the Three Areas - 
Abyei, Southern Kordofan, and Blue Nile - has come to an end with 
the onset of the rainy season and will restart in October or 
November 2006.  According to the Federal Minister of Humanitarian 
Affairs, 500,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) reportedly 
returned to Southern Sudan, and the U.N. Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) 
reported that 175,000 IDPs returned to the Nuba Mountains.  As part 
of a U.N./non-governmental organization (NGO)-organized returns 
program, 9,700 IDPs returned to Northern Bahr El Ghazal from 
Southern Darfur, 4,000 IDPs returned from Western Equatoria to Bor 
through Juba, and 1,500 IDPs have returned from Nimule to Bor.  End 
summary. 
 
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North to South Returnees in 2006 
--------------------------------- 
 
2.  According to the Federal Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Kosta 
Manibe, in his address to the National Assembly in July 2006, during 
the current returns season reportedly 500,000 IDPs have returned 
spontaneously to the South against a target of 620,000.  Manibe 
added that the target is for 700,000 people to return during the 
2006/2007 season and 500,000 IDPs during the 2007/2008 season.  The 
U.N. has assisted in the return of 9,700 IDPs from South Darfur to 
Northern Bahr El Ghazal, of which 4,000 IDPs are from Belail IDP 
camp in Nyala, South Darfur.  UNMIS reported that 175,000 IDPs 
returned spontaneously to the Nuba Mountains.  Due to the rainy 
season and poor roads, the returns program has been halted 
temporarily.  Under a Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) assisted 
returns program, 2,860 people have returned to Warab State, 3,500 to 
Northern Bahr El Ghazal, and 6,000 to Unity State. 
 
3.  USAID-assisted returns from Nimule to Bor were managed by 
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and Norwegian People's Aid (NPA), and 
two convoys with 1,500 people have reached Bor.  These operations 
have now stopped due to rains and poor roads and will recommence in 
the dry season after October.  Under this operation, 20,000 IDPS are 
waiting for assistance to return home.  With assistance from the 
International Organization for Migration (IOM), 680 IDPs were moved 
from Yei to Lologo way station in Juba, and 4,000 IDPs have also 
been assisted in returning to Bor from Juba as part of a larger 
group of 12,000. 
 
4.  In addition to river transport to Juba and Malakal by barges, 
returnees have used several ground corridors to the south including 
traveling through the Nuba Mountains to Unity State, through Abyei 
and Mairam to Greater Bahr El Ghazal, through Nuba Mountains to 
Northern Upper Nile, and from Southern Darfur to Northern Bahr El 
Ghazal.  Manibe criticized the inadequate funding for basic services 
in the South, low transport provision for returnees, and the poor 
capacity of the River Transport Corporation (RTC) in managing river 
transport from Kosti.  Manibe added that some IDPs have decided to 
return to Khartoum after seeing the poor or inadequate state of 
services in the South. 
 
 
 
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Onset of the Rainy Season 
------------------------- 
 
5.  Due to the rainy season, roads have become impassable in the 
South and the Three Areas, preventing vehicles from carrying 
returnees home, hindering humanitarian agencies from providing 
assistance, and preventing returnees from constructing new shelters. 
UNMIS-Return, Re-integration, and Recovery (RRR), has called for all 
parties involved in returns programs to discourage returns 
operations until the beginning of the next dry season in October or 
November of 2006.  The U.N. is evaluating activities of the past 
season and will make policy and operational adjustments, if 
necessary, based on previous experiences, including protection, 
tracking and monitoring, way stations, re-integration, coordination, 
information campaigns, and advocacy.  UNMIS-RRR will coordinate more 
closely with the Sudanese Reconstruction and Rehabilitation 
Committee (SRRC) and other departments of the GoSS to strengthen 
capacity on returns and re-integration. 
 
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Procedures to Facilitate Returns 
-------------------------------- 
 
6.  The GoSS has formed a taskforce to facilitate the registration 
of those IDPs willing to return voluntarily to the South and has 
 
KHARTOUM 00001980  002 OF 003 
 
 
allocated USD 24 million to support returns.  The GoSS has 
registered a total of 320,000 IDPs, and of these, 150,000 were 
prioritized.  Priority was given to skilled workers and the most 
vulnerable populations.  The process was slowed due to logistical 
complications, the beginning of the rainy season, and the debate 
about hiring versus procuring trucks.  The GoSS hopes to resolve the 
issue of procuring 134 trucks/buses by the beginning of the dry 
season in October or November.  UNMIS, IOM, and other stakeholders 
are making preparations to launch a second survey in August that 
will cover all IDP populations countrywide and will focus on IDP 
intentions to return home or remain in their places of displacement. 
 
 
7.  UNMIS organized a workshop in Rumbek in May 2006 and consulted 
with several stakeholders to revise policy and operational 
procedures on returns and re-integration to help improve future 
operations. 
 
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River Corridor - Great Potential 
-------------------------------- 
 
8.  The wharf in Kosti on the White Nile River is a site where IDPs 
from the North return to the South via barges.  The RTC in Kosti, 
however, lacks the operational capacity to provide for dignified 
returns.  The RTC lacks barges and pushers, and therefore has been 
unable to organize regular trips to Juba and Malakal.  At present, 
the RTC currently owns only four barges.  As a result, this has led 
to overcrowding at the wharf and returnees have been forced to 
travel on cargo barges in inhumane conditions with no shelter, 
water, sanitation, or safety facilities on board.  Many lives, 
especially those of children, have been lost. 
 
9.  The Government of Germany is working with the RTC to improve 
engine capacity (pushers), and the project will renovate 16 pushers 
and build 32 engines.  The Government of the Netherlands is funding 
the construction of 50 new barges in a 5-year project, including, 32 
cargo, 8 passenger, 8 flat, and 2 fuel barges.  IOM has renovated 
and leased two passenger barges which are now in use in the Juba-Bor 
returns operation. 
 
10.  The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) operates the 
way station in Kosti wharf with funding from USAID and manages a 
returns monitoring and tracking system with support from IOM. 
ADRA's tracking of IDPs returning by trucks/buses to points in the 
Nuba Mountains and Darfur is not precise as some trucks are not 
counted.  The tracking of the river corridor is more accurate 
because all returnees embark on the barges at one wharf.  The 
federal and state governments are opening a new wharf in Kosti to 
solve the over-crowding problem at the old wharf which is located 
closer to town.  The move may cause temporary difficulties if 
services, such as water and sanitation, are not already in place at 
the new wharf.  (Note:  Way stations built by the U.N. in some 
locations are not used by spontaneous returnees who travel directly 
to rural home areas without stopping in town centers.  Way stations 
are favorable for assisted returns, where people are transported to 
town centers where they await onward transport to rural areas.  End 
note.) 
 
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Harassment of IDPs in Khartoum Camps 
------------------------------------ 
 
11.  UNMIS has requested a more practical and systematic approach to 
dealing with the increasing number of police raids on IDP 
settlements in Khartoum as part of a campaign to eliminate brewing 
of alcohol, one of the few livelihoods available to IDP women. 
Cases of harassment, violence, and sexual abuse associated with such 
police raids and detentions have been reported by NGOs who operate 
among the IDPs.  The U.N. and NGOs will advocate with the Sudanese 
government to stop such human rights abuses.  According to Manibe, 
20 percent of IDPs in the North have chosen to integrate into their 
current communities, 70 percent of IDPs are willing to return home, 
and 10 percent have not yet decided what to do. 
 
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USAID Programs Assisting Returnees 
---------------------------------- 
 
12.  To date, USAID implementing partner ADRA has provided 
assistance to returnees on the Nile, through the Kosti and Malakal 
way stations, and supported sanitation activities in Bor town, a 
health clinic in Juba, and food and non-food item (NFI) 
distributions. 
 
13.  In the area of assisted returns, USAID partners NPA and CRS 
have aided in the transport of 20,000 IDPs from camps in Equatoria 
(Kajo Keji and Magwi Counties) to Bor. 
 
KHARTOUM 00001980  003 OF 003 
 
 
 
14.  USAID is also supporting 15 partners working in the health 
sector, 2 partners operating water and sanitation programs, 11 
partners in the food security sector, and 4 partners engaged in 
livelihoods programs. 
 
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