UGANDA / IMVEPI REFUGEE CAMP

Fleeing violence in their country, hundreds of refugees from South Sudan cross into Uganda every day, thus making Uganda the world’s second largest refugee-hosting country with close to 1.3 million refugees. UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:03:15
• Production Date: 21 June 2017
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES - UNHCR
• Subject Topical: REFUGEE CAMPS; REFUGEES
• Geographic Subject: SOUTH SUDAN; UGANDA
• MAMS Id: 1914623
• Parent Id: 1914623
• Alternate Title: unifeed170621a

Description

STORY: UGANDA / IMVEPI REFUGEE CAMP
TRT: 3:15
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /NATS

DATELINE: 19 JUNE 2017, IMVEPI, UGANDA

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, bus pulling in
2. Med shot, staff helping children off the bus
3. Wide shot, refugees disembarking
4. Med shot, women and children going into reception center
5. Various shots, women and children going through medical check up
6. SONDBITE (English) Mary Opangi, refugee from South Sudan:
“That time… that time… there are guns, people are… those Dinkas, they are killing people, that’s why we came.”
7. Med shot, mother and child with their belongings
8. Wide shot, refugees with donated goods
9. Wide shot, women washing cloth
10. SOUNDBITE (English) U Aye Maung, Field Officer, UNHCR:
“We see the large number of women and children, and also a large number of single unaccompanied minors and young, especially young adults, young boys and girls we receive a lot.”
11. Various shots, hot food distribution
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Gairi, refugee from South Sudan:
“I was at home and they came for my husband at night and they take him away. They slaughtered him. He was not killed by gun, [but] by knife.”
13. Various shots, people waiting for food distribution
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Juma Sapulen, refugee from South Sudan:
“Even the cattle, they are killing the cattle. I am a cattle keeper there. My cattle were destroyed. Others I sell them, then I come.”
15. Tilt up, Bida in front of his house
16. Wide shot, Bida and his wife
17. Close up, pot on fire
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Malish Isaak Bida, refugee from South Sudan:
“People have been killed, and then people have been robed; people have been raped and lot of things are going on particularly in Yeyi that has scared us; and we were unable to stay in that situation. I therefore felt that if that’s the case then I should better escape from the country just that I could get at least where I can be free.”
19. Wide shot, refugee processing center
20. Various shots, people screening process
21. SOUNDBITE (English) U Aye Maung, Field Officer, UNHCR:
“So far we are expecting we will reach 140,000 in Imvepi settlement. In addition to that we are also expecting to open a new Rhino extension which is between the Rhino camp and Imvepi and where we can accommodate another 43,000 refugees.”
22. Various shots, refugees in camp
23. Tracking shot, refugee camp

Storyline

Fleeing violence in their country, hundreds of refugees from South Sudan cross into Uganda every day.

Established in late February this year, Imvepi refugee camp is now sheltering some 120,000 refugees from South Sudan.

It is only the second largest refugee camp in the area, with Bidibidi hosting close to 300,000 people.

New arrivals tell harrowing stories of prosecution and violence.

Mary Opangi from Yeyi escaped with her sister after armed men slaughtered her husband.

SOUNDBITE (English) Mary Opangi, refugee from South Sudan:
“That time… that time… there are guns, people are… those Dinkas, they are killing people, that’s why we came.”

According to the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) a large number of refugees are women and children.

SOUNDBITE (English) U Aye Maung, Field Officer, UNHCR:
“We see the large number of women and children, and also a large number of single unaccompanied minors and young, especially young adults, young boys and girls we receive a lot.”

Gairi gave birth to second child while seeking refuge in DR Congo only to be transferred to Imvepi just few weeks after giving birth.

SOUNDBITE (English) Gairi, refugee from South Sudan:
“I was at home and they came for my husband at night and they take him away. They slaughtered him. He was not killed by gun, [but] by knife.”

Juma Sapulen also from Yeyi, fled to Uganda on his motorcycle after his cattle was killed.

SOUNDBITE (English) Juma Sapulen, refugee from South Sudan:
“Even the cattle, they are killing the cattle. I am a cattle keeper there. My cattle were destroyed. Others I sell them, then I come.”

Malish Isaak Bida, a farmer from Yeyi, was a child when he and his family escaped for the first time to Imvepi. Years later he was again forced to flee with his wife and children.

SOUNDBITE (English) Malish Isaak Bida, refugee from South Sudan:
“People have been killed, and then people have been robed; people have been raped and lot of things are going on particularly in Yeyi that has scared us; and we were unable to stay in that situation. I therefore felt that if that’s the case then I should better escape from the country just that I could get at least where I can be free.”

Established only four months ago, Imvepi refugee settlement in remote northwestern Uganda is almost at its capacity. The biggest issue in this arid place is water supply which is provided by the water treatment facilities managed by the UN.

South Sudanese make almost one million of the total number of refugees in Uganda, which after Turkey, is the world’s second largest refugee-hosting country with close to 1.3 million refugees.

On Friday (23 Jun) the ‘Refugee Solidarity’ pledging conference will take place in Ugandan capital Kampala, aiming to drum up support and mobilize resources for hundreds of thousands of refugees being hosted in Uganda.