Sudan Refugees
By: Joy Xie
Everyone has rights no matter where you go
Food and shelter for all.
Surviving the War
(Lawrence J. Zwier, 1999)
In the Yusuf Batil Camp...
(Child Mortality at Double Emergency Threshold in South Sudan Refugee Camp, 2012)
No torture. No slavery
In Sinai Desert...
(Egypt, Sudan: Kidnap and Trafficking of Refugees and Asylum-seekers Must Be Stopped, 2013)
The Lost Girls
(Left Behind: Sudan's Forgotten Refugees, 2013)
RefugePoint
RefugePoint protection officers are highly trained to identify the most vulnerable refugees. The factors that heighten vulnerability vary from one refugee situation to another, but generally include:
- Orphaned, separated, or neglected children
- Women and girls at risk
- Survivors of torture
- People with life-threatening medical conditions
- Elderly refugees
- Refugees in imminent physical danger
Website: http://www.refugepoint.org
Location: 689 Massachusetts Avenue, 2nd floor
Phone: 617-864-7800
Facebook: facebook.com/RefugePoint
Twitter: @RefugeePT
Works Cited
Chanoff, Sasha, and David Chanoff. "RefugePoint A Lifeline for Forgotten Refugees." RefugePoint Left Behind Sudan's Forgotten Refugees Comments. Web. 18 Apr. 2013. <http://www.refugepoint.org/left-behind-sudans-forgotten-refugees/>.
Copnall, James. "Child Mortality at Double Emergency Threshold in South Sudan Refugee Camp." The Guardian. Guardian News and Media, 20 Aug. 2012. Web. 18 Apr. 2013. <http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2012/aug/20/child-mortality-south-sudan-refugee-camp>.
"News." Egypt, Sudan: Kidnap and Trafficking of Refugees and Asylum-seekers Must Be Stopped. 3 Apr. 2013. Web. 16 Apr. 2013. <http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/egypt-sudan-kidnap-and-trafficking-refugees-and-asylum-seekers-must-be-stopped-2013-04-03>.
Zwier, Lawrence J. Sudan: North against South. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publications, 1999. Print.