Three young boys released after been abducted in 2017, arrived in Juba to find and join their families.
They were accompanied by governor of Boma David Yau Yau to Bor on December 14 and to Juba in United Nations Mission in South Sudan or UNMISS helicopter.
Yau Yau believed two of the boys have been abducted in the Lafon area of Torit State in 2017 and will be handed over to the authorities there.
The youngest of the boys, possibly three years old is believed to belong to the greater Equatoria and will jointly be under governors of Jubek, Kapoeta and Torit.
The government and UNICEF will make every possible effort to trace their parents or relatives for possible reunification,’ explains Alfred Orono, head of UNMISS’ Child Protection Unit.
‘To us, this is a great example of the collaboration and support that the UN can offer the state in its exercise of protecting children in South Sudan, he adds.
Local authorities and UNICEF will initiate the long, multiple-step task of finding the parents or other relatives of the three boys.