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Zeenat Hansrod with RFI

South Sudan buckles from stream of refugees fleeing Sudanese war

French MPs Christophe Marion, Michèle Peyron and Amélia Lakrafi meet refugees in Gorom camp, South Sudan, on 8 October 2023. © Florence Miettaux/RFI

South Sudan is struggling to cope with the increasing flow of refugees pouring from neighbouring Sudan, where a six-month conflict has displaced hundreds of thousands of people. Visiting the country this week to assess the situation, three French MPs met with President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar.

The French lawmakers, from the France-Sudan parliamentary friendship group, visited the Gorom refugee camp, west of the capital Juba, while also holding meetings with a number of South Sudanese politicians.

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