IOM, the International Organization for Migrations, is scaling up its programme to assist South Sudanese move from the Sudan, using barges, trains and planes to reduce the suffering of thousands of Southerners who have been stranded for many months awaiting transport to their home lands.
Two days ago, a convoy of 12 barges carrying a total of more than 3,000 people left Kosti for Juba.The returnees are among those who have been stranded at Kosti for many months waiting for transport to take them to their final destinations in the South.
The journey from Kosti to Juba takes around 14 days.
Two IOM-supported trains from Khartoum arrived in Aweil, Northern Bahr el Ghazal, on Friday, carrying more than two thousand Southern Sudanese.
The operation aims at bringing to South Sudan some 12,000 South Sudanese who have been living in open areas in Khartoum for many months.