South Sudan: UN Agency Supports Government Project Bringing Rights, Services to South Sudanese People Living in Sudan

3 March 2015

Under a United Nations-backed initiative, South Sudanese people living in Sudan are being registered by the Government of Sudan and issued identity cards that give them the right to work and access to basic services.

The programme began on 1 February after an agreement was concluded in December between the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), Sudan's Commissioner for Refugees and the Directorate General of Passports and Immigration. So far, 54,000 out of an estimated half a million South Sudanese living in Sudan have been registered, and 37,000 identity cards distributed.

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