Sudan: Sudanese refugees in Uganda to return home

Some 17,000 Sudanese refugees in Uganda have registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for repatriation, and the first batch could be home as early as next month. But humanitarian agencies say most refugees are reluctant to return home because they feel security has not been fully restored in Southern Sudan and that social infrastructure like schools and hospitals is lacking. This is the reason more than 150,000 Sudanese refugees in Uganda are yet to sign up to return home.