South Sudan — Site profile: Bentiu PoC (16–31 March 2017)

Bentiu protection of civilian site (PoC) was established in December 2013 with currently over 121,200 people seeking protection in the site. Current priority needs are registration of new arrivals, verification of IDPs in the PoC and increased water provision. Between 16 and 31 March 2017, 804 new arrivals were registered of which 60% cited food, 36% insecurity and 4% ‘other’ as reasons for entre. During the reporting period 1,208 persons left the site. The majority of exits were due family reunifications (97%) and a minority due to overcrowding (3%). Pre-displacement areas of residence notably include Rubkona (40%), Koch (18%) and Guit (16%). Out of the 121,225 site inhabitants (20,694 households), 59,690 are male and 61,535 are female. 19% of males and 19% of females are under the age of five.