UN begins pullout from South Sudan civilian protection camps
(VOVWORLD) - The United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission in South Sudan said Friday it has begun withdrawing its troops and police from the civilian protection camps that began as a frantic experiment in the heat of civil war and still shelter more than 180,000 people two years after the conflict ended.
 The United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan (Photo: VNA) |
UN special representative David Shearer said those peacekeepers must shift to new hotspots where several hundred people have been killed this year in intercommunal violence, notably Jonglei state.
He said generally a company of 150 soldiers is assisted by one or two companies of police in guarding the camps.
No one will be forced to leave the camps, he said, adding that South Sudan’s government will take over responsibility for their security.