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Renk Port and Road Monitoring South Sudan Displacement Crisis Renk County, Upper Nile State, South Sudan October 2018 Renk Port and Road Monitoring South Sudan Displacement Crisis Renk County, Upper Nile State, South Sudan October 2018 CONTEXT AND METHODOLOGY HHs in October 2018) as family members await the last of the annual planned food distributions in their current settlements and verification of security Renk Town is located in Renk County, Upper Nile State, near South Sudan’s conditons in possible sites of relocation.2 ARRIVALS TO RENK TOWN DEPARTURES FROM RENK TOWN border with Sudan. Since independance in 2011, Renk has been a major 3 3 destination and transit point for returnees from Sudan and, since the beginning 16% of the total traffic recorded in Renk Town. 37% of the total traffic recorded in Renk Town. of the current conflict in 2013, for internally displaced persons (IDPs) fleeing To Khartoum NoSurdtanh White Nile conflict in Upper Nile State. Demographics REACH monitors three transit sites in Renk Town, two road points (Sukjima Kordofan Ethiopia Al Alagaya Ô Sennar ÔAl Waral 4 4 and Zero bus stations) and one port (Renk Port), to record all the arrivals C.A.R. 72% of arriving HHs are partial HHs. 77% of departing HHs are partial HHs. and departures on a daily basis. Respondents were selected based on pre- survey questions on motives of travel to ensure that only displaced people D.R.C. Kenya Uganda Renk or returnees were interviewed. Data is collected at household (HH) level on Town Children 62% Children 58% HH demographics and vulnerabilities, transportation routes, key push/pull factors and intentions. Data collected daily is then synthesized into a monthly Main movement out of South Sudan through South Women 31% Women 38% factsheet to provide humanitarian actors with an overview of wider movement Renk Town Renk Blue Nile trends. Due to Sudan’s closure of the Joba border entrance into South Sudan Kordofan 1 in March 2018, returnees increasingly cross at informal border sites at night, Main movement to Men 7% Men 4% after data collection hours (9:00 a.m - 5:00 p.m). Further, not all entry points South Sudan through 62+31+7t 58+38+4+t to Renk Town were covered systematically. As such, the data presented in Renk Town this factsheet is not representative, rather indicative of movement trends for Ô Refugee camp Melut Previous location Intended destination the assessed population. Primary reported locations from which HHs arriving to Renk were coming: Primary intended destinations reported by HHs departing Renk: 22+19+12 The following findings are based on primary data collected throughout Ethiopia 24+20+12 October 2018, during which 58 departing HHs (176 individuals), 25 arriving El Jabalian Refugee Camp 24% Al Alagaya Refugee Camp 22% Unity Upper Nile HHs (84 individuals) and 75 transiting HHs (248 individuals) were recorded at Al Redis II Refugee Camp 20% Al Waral Refugee Camp 19% the three sites. Arrivals are mostly partial households (73% of all interviewed To Juba Malakal Al Redis I Refugee Camp 12% Khartoum 12% TRANSITS VIA RENK TOWN Pull factors Push factors 3 Primary push factors for leaving Renk reported by departing HHs: 47% of the total traffic recorded in Renk Town. Toward Sudan 8% Primary pull factors to Renk reported by arriving HHs: 44+24+4 36+28+16 Proximity to family 44% Lack of food 36% Toward South Sudan 92% Demographics Presence of jobs 24% Distance from family 28% 4% 16% of transiting HHs are partial HHs.4 8+92+t Presence of education services Lack of healthcare services 71% Intended duration of stay Reported length of time that HHs transiting through Renk intend to stay in Intended duration of stay Children 52% final destination: Reported length of time that arriving HHs intend to stay in Renk: Reported length of time that departing HHs intend to stay in final destination: 2+27+57+12+2 4+4+0+28+64 1+7+17+46+29 Less than a month 1% Less than a month 4% Less than a month 2% Women 33% From 1 to 3 months 7% From 1 to 3 months 4% From 1 to 3 months 27% From 4 to 6 months 17% From 4 to 6 months 0% From 4 to 6 months 57% Men 15% 52+33+15t More than 6 months 46% More than 6 months 28% More than 6 months 12% Permanently 29% Permanently 64% Permanently 2% Previous location Intended destination Vulnerabilities Primary reported locations from which HHs transiting through Renk were coming: Primary intended destinations reported by HHs transiting through Renk: Proportion of arriving HHs reporting a member with the following Proportion of departing HHs reporting a member with the following 29+11+8 19+15+12 vulnerabilities:5 vulnerabilities:5 29% 19% 52+24+16 Khartoum Melut County 69+7+7 Um Durman 11% Juba Town 15% Breastfeeding woman 52% Breastfeeding woman 69% Al Alagaya Refugee Camp 8% Malakal County 12% P r e g n a n t w o m a n 24% Pregnant woman 7% Single parent 16% Single parent 7% Push factors Pull factors Primary push factors reported by HHs transiting through Renk: Primary pull factors to final destination reported by HHs transiting through Renk: Notes: 61+12+11 73+13+5 1. UNHCR, South Sudan Situation: UNHCR Regional Update, April 2018. Distance from family 61% Proximity to family 73% 2. Based on information from monthly quantitative data triangulated with that collected from participants in a focus group discussion conducted in Renk in October, 2018. Lack of healthcare services 12% Presence of jobs 13% 3. These are indicative trends; REACH does not record all arrivals and departures. 4. “Partial” HHs in the sense that not all members of the HH are travelling. Lack of food 11% Presence of shelter 5% 5. Respondents could choose more than one answer. For more information on this profile please contact: REACH - [email protected] .
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