Over 500 South Sudanese daily seek refuge in neighbouring countries

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United Nations refugee agency or UNHCR reported that more than five hundred South Sudanese daily flee to Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia seeking for refuge. 
 
UNHCR spokesperson Melissa Fleming said 23,546 South Sudanese refugees arrived in Uganda since the conflict erupted a month ago.
 
She said more than 5,300 refugees were registered in Ethiopia and that the number was likely to rise as remote border areas were hard to access.
 
Ms Fleming said 300 South Sudanese were arriving daily to Kakuma Refugee camp in Kenya, and that UNHCR registered 3,173 new arrivals by Sunday evening. 
 
She said UNHCR was increasing responsibilities for 57 thousand civilians in ten UN compounds in South Sudan by protecting vulnerable people especially women and children.
 
She explained that their chartered flight on Monday carried to Juba relief items from Nairobi, including 12,500 blankets, 2,500 cooking utensils and four thousand plastic sheets for 20 thousand displaced people.