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Republic of Sudan Voluntary Return Committee in Darfur States Urgent interventions to support voluntary repatriation summary Plan 2018 1.Displaced persons returning from IDP camps: Many areas of the Darfur states have witnessed the return of several displaced persons and. Due to the decline of the insurgency and the stability, since the last quarter to 2017, more than a quarter of a million of displaced people have returned to their villages in more than 320 areas. Number of villages of Number of No. State Locality voluntary return returnees 1 North Darfur 17 91 71,200 2 South Darfur 15 94 93,000 3 West Darfur 8 41 65,000 4 Central Darfur 9 60 32,000 5 East Darfur 7 34 21,600 Total 56 320 282,800 Table 1: Number of IDPs returnees per state. 2. Refugees returning to Darfur: In addition to the return of displaced persons from the camps to areas of voluntary repatriation, there are also a number of refugees who have returned from Chad and Central African Republic to their home. The number of voluntary returned families is 31,000 and further 34’999 families from Chad expressed their interest to return their home in Darfur. No. States Refugees families Comments Refugees returned from Central Africa to 1 South Darfur 288 Umm Dukhan and Nyala and wish to continue to return to their original villages "Difaq". Refugees from Chad want to return to West 2 North Darfur and North Darfur states "in accordance with 24,711 the tripartite agreement” Refugees from Chad want to return to West 3 West Darfur and North Darfur states 4 Central Darfur 10,000 TOTAL 34’999 Table 2. Number of refugees living in chad that have expressed their interest to return to Sudan Source: Voluntary Returns Reports - Initial Survey Reports and Returnee needs and applications. .