Eastern Equatoria Governor has warned commissioners against the creation of camps for returnees fleeing the conflict to the state, saying they should immediately be integrated into the communities.
Louise Lobong Lojore says the government is coordinating with partners to ensure the returnees destined for the state are facilitated and integrated into the communities.
He discouraged any establishment of returnee camps in the state.
” We had a rule before that there is no putting in camps. We do not want people to be put in a camp in Eastern Equatoria,
“These are not foreigners to be put in a camp, these are the people of Eastern Equatoria and they must integrate with their people,” he stressed.
Governor Lobong instructed the county officials and appealed to the communities to give land to become self-reliant.
‘The other time I also said to the public that prepare, if it happens that somebody is coming, and they want to stay in Torit, he or she should find the nearest person either the relatives or his or her tribesmen.’
The governor was speaking during a workshop organized by the UN Mission in South Sudan on preparations to receive returnees in the state.