CONTEXT AND METHODOLOGY
Yambio town is located in Yambio County, Upper Nile State, near South Sudan’s border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Yambio town was the centre of significant armed clashes and widespread displacement in 2016, and hosts a significant population of internally displaced persons (IDPs) many of whom have started to return to their homes as of late 2017.
This factsheet provides results from the REACH road monitoring exercise in Yambio town, Yambio County. REACH monitors four car parks in Yambio town to record the arrivals and departures of South Sudanese returnee and IDP households (HHs) on a daily basis. Daily data is synthesized into a monthly factsheet to provide an overview of wider movement trends, including push/pull factors and intentions.
The following findings are based on primary data collected between 5 and 27 February 2018, during which 476 departing HHs (1234 individuals) and 121 arriving HHs (373 individuals) were recorded, along with 33 HHs (95 individuals) that were transiting through Yambio town. Enumerators interviewed respondents who were arriving in and departing from any of Yambio’s four (Tambura, Nzara, Maridi, and the DRC) bus parks. Respondents were selected based on pre-survey questions on motives of travel to ensure that only displaced people or returnees were interviewed.1 Not all entry points to Yambio were covered systematically, and some arrivals and departures reportedly took place outside of data collection hours (9:00 a.m - 5:00 p.m). Moreover, departures are over-represented due to many arrivals getting off buses early due to the matatu system. As such, the data presented in this factsheet is not representative, rather indicative of movement trends for the assessed population.