South Sudan faces deepening refugee crisis amid fighting in Sudan - in pictures

The transit centre in Renk is overwhelmed as it grapples with far more arrivals than it was prepared to handle

A Sudanese girl who have fled from the war in Sudan with her family carry a box with some of her belongings after arriving at a Transit Centre for refugees in Renk, on February 13, 2024. More than 550,000 people have now fled from the war in Sudan to South Sudan since the conflict exploded in April 2023, according to the United Nations. South Sudan, that has itself recently come out of decades of war, was facing a dire humanitarian situation before the war in Sudan erupted and it is feared to not have the resources to host displaced people. The war-torn country of Sudan is currently ravaged by internal fighting between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). (Photo by LUIS TATO / AFP)

More than 550,000 people have fled from Sudan to South Sudan since the war broke out in April 2023

A health worker measures the circumference of a Sudanese child's arm at a clinic within a transit centre for refugees in Renk

A Sudanese girl has her iris scanned using a biometric registration machine at the transit centre

South Sudan recently came out of decades of war and it is feared that it does not have the resources to host displaced people from its northern neighbour

It was already grappling with a dire humanitarian situation before the war began in Sudan

Sudanese girls gather under a make-shift shade at the transit centre for refugees in Renk

Men who have fled the war in Sudan line up during a cash assistance programme at the transit centre

Sudanese refugees carry their belongings as they get off a lorry loaded with families arriving at the transit centre

Aid agencies are bracing for more people to seek refuge in South Sudan as fighting between rival military factions continues in Sudan

The UN refugee agency is working with the South Sudan government to provide critical emergency assistance at the transit centre

The UNHCR's assistance includes water, hot meals, sanitation provision and primary health care

The UN agency is also working with partners and local authorities to support South Sudanese returnees as they travel to their respective communities

Children at a nutrition clinic within the transit centre in Renk. The disruption of cross-border trade caused by fighting in Sudan has pushed up food prices

Most of those crossing the border are South Sudanese who had been living in Sudan as refugees before the conflict broke out

More than 541,800 people had arrived in South Sudan by the first week of February

The UN registered the highest number of arrivals, compared with any other month last year, in December

The transit centre in Renk is overwhelmed, with the number of arrivals far more that it was prepared to handle

People who fled the war in Sudan wait to be registered at the Joda Border Crossing Point. More than 200 people share one toilet at the transit centre in Renk and cases of cholera and measles are on the rise

A girl on a boat along the White Nile river in Renk. Aid agencies require funding to provide services such as transport for families travelling to displaced people settlements

Refugees who have fled from the war in Sudan stand on a truck arriving at a Transit Centre

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