Cross-Border Population Movement Factsheet South Displacement Crisis Renk Port and Road Monitoring May 2021 , Upper State,

CONTEXT AND METHODOLOGY 4 Sudan INBOUND TO SOUTH SUDAN OUTBOUND FROM SOUTH SUDAN Renk Town is located in Renk County, State, near South Sudan’s North border with Sudan. Since independence in 2011, Renk has been a major White Nile camps inbound HHs reported intending to stay more than six months outbound HHs reported intending to stay more than six months or Kordofan 13 destination and transit point to other parts of Upper Nile State for arrivals from or permanently in their final destination. 2 permanently in their final destination in South Sudan. Sudan. C.A.R. Demographics Demographics REACH monitors three transit sites in Renk Town, two road points (Sukjima Number of recorded travellers by demographic group: Proportion of recorded travellers by demographic group: D.R.C. Kenya and Zero bus stations) and one port (Renk Port), to record exiting and entering Uganda Manyo Children 42 Children 2 households (HHs) coming to, from or through the town on a daily basis. Data Renk is collected at the HH level on HH demographics, vulnerabilities, transportation Town routes, key push/pull factors, and intentions on a daily basis, after which it is Main movement to South Women 23 Women 8 Sudan to or through Renk summarised into a monthly factsheet to provide humanitarian actors with an Town overview of cross-border movement trends. Men 17 Men 1 Renk While enumerators aim to interview as many HHs as possible, it is often Main movement out of South Sudan from or 51+2821C 5 18+739C 5 of inbound HHs were partial HHs. of outbound HHs were partial HHs. impossible to interview all HHs during high traffic hours. Moreover, this through Renk Town 12 4 exercise does not capture population movements at informal border sites or Refugee camp or Protection Previous location Previous location movement outside of data collection hours (9:00 a.m - 5:00 p.m). Additionally, of Civilians (PoC) site data collection is not conducted directly at the border entry point and some Primary reported locations from which inbound HHs were leaving: Primary reported locations from which outbound HHs were leaving: populations reportedly do not continue to Renk Town. As a result, data Melut 33+33+33 100+0+0 Fashoda 2 4 presented in this factsheet does not capture all population movements El Jabalian, Sudan Renk County a and as such findings are not representative but rather indicative only of b EthKhartoum,iopia Sudan 2 Ju UppT er Nile 1 o o broader population movement trends for the assessed population. This T U Jabal Aulia, Sudan 2 Malakal l a factsheet is based on primary data collected from 1-10 May 2021. Malakal PoC site n g Intended destination Intended destination

‡ Primary reported intended destinations for inbound HHs: Primary reported intended destinations for outbound HHs: GENERAL MOVEMENT TRENDS 73+18+9 75+25 Renk 8 White Nile Refugee Camps, Sudan 3 Monthly, average daily number of individuals inbound to (grey) and outbound from (red) South Sudan with the intention to stay in their final destination for more than six months recorded in Renk Town from June 2019 to May 2021: Malakal, Protection of Civilian Site 2 , Sudan 1 Fashoda* 1 50 Net population inflows 40 Net population outflows Push factors Pull factors 30 Primary reported push factors for inbound HHs to leave their last location: Primary reported pull factors for outbound HHs to go to a new location: 44+13+13 50+50 20 Distance from family / home 7 Food distribution 2 10 Lack of work opportunities 2 Attending a ceremony 2 0 Jun-19 Jul-19 Aug-19 Sep-19 Oct-19 Nov-19 Dec-19 Jan-20 Feb-20 Mar-20 Apr-20 May-20 Jun-20 Jul-20 Aug-20 Sep-20 Oct-20 Nov-20 Dec-20 Jan-21 Feb-21 Mar-21 Apr-21 May-21 Lack of food 2 Data collection was fully suspended from November 2020 to March 2021, and in both April and May, only partial data collection took place. As such, comparison to months prior to October 2020 should be approached with extreme caution. During the days of data collection that took place in May, inflow from Sudan was around Reasons for coming to South Sudan Reasons for leaving South Sudan 13 people per day whilst outflow to Sudan was around 2 individuals per day. Primary reported pull factors for inbound HHs, Feburary to May 2021 ‡. Primary reported push factors for outbound HHs, February to May 2021‡. 57+29+14 Type of movement Vulnerabilities3 50+50 Proximity to family / home 8 Lack of food 2 Total monthly number of HHs and individuals recorded in May 2021: of total inbound HHs reported that at least one Perceived availability of food 4 Distance from family/home 2 HHs Individuals %2 11 member of the HH had a vulnerability, including: Presence of work opportunities 2 Inbound to South Sudan from Sudan 16 82 70% Outbound to Sudan from South Sudan 4 11 17% 4 Breastfeeding Internal movement within South Sudan1 3 7 13% 5 Critically ill 75+25+C Notes: Self-reported refugees 6 Elderly 1. While internal movement within South Sudan was also recorded in Renk over the period, this factsheet covers crossborder movement only. Percentages refer to Number of inbound HHs (left) and outbound HHs (right) who self-reported having proportion of households. refugee status in another country: 2. This is the percentage of households (HHs), not individuals. 3. Respondents could choose more than one answer, the three most frequent answers for each movement type are reported here. Inbound Outbound None of total outbound HHs reported that at least 4. Unless otherwise specified, these figures reflect trends for all HHs interviewed, regardless of the length of time that the HHs are planning to stay at destination. one member of the HH had a vulnerability. 5. Partial HHs are those where not all members of the self-identified family unit were reportedly travelling. Please note, family units in South Sudan often extend 12 3 beyond the nuclear family. 0+100+C * In addition, 1 inbound household each reported Ulang, Melut, and counties as their intended destination 0+75+25C 75+25+D ‡. Data collection was suspended from 10 May 2021 until this time of reporting so data during this period is little

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