2018
Last stop Uganda
Over a million South Sudanese have fled, in fear of their lives crossing the border with neighboring Uganda.
The civil war broke out in 2013, and the troubles continue despite a recently concluded peace agreement.
Bidi Bidi has grown into one of the world's largest settlements for refugees with over 270,000 residents.
Jenneth Gie (22) and her son Lemy (1) are waiting for further transport to the settlement area.
I was bringing food for my husband on the fields when the soldiers came.
When he refused to be a rebel, they cut his throat. I myself was raped there at the ground.
Fortunately, we have now reached Uganda safely.
The refugees are carefully checked before a residence permit is granted.
A mother with her children on their way with their belongings onto the bus that will take them further into BidiBidi.
Many of the refugees only have what they are wearing.
A family on the way to designated space.
There they set up tents, as well as distributed food and water. Some are lucky to have been able to bring in sleeping mattresses and simple tools.
Sube Lokiri (76) sits mostly all day inside his tent. He is old and malnourished, and needs the help of the family to cope. He just wants to get back home to his village in South Sudan.
Uganda has received over 1.3 million refugees in total. These come from countries such as South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi and Somalia.
Many of them are children.
A maximum of 48 hours takes the time to be registered by the authorities, and a residence permit can be granted. Some find common knowledge on the Ugandan side.
Some guys play cards while waiting while waiting for further transport to the settlement area.
Gifti Kope is (7), and born without limbs.
Why am I not like other children, she asks her mother.
Buses transport the registered refugees from reception camps and on to the settlements.
A single elderly woman is on her way.
A woman and her children are waiting to be given the place and tent for their permanent stay.
A blind man is guided by another mancrossing the border in the bush. Some walks for days and weeks to get from their village in southern Sudan and onto the Ugandan side.
The refugees are crossing the border from small paths and roads out in the bush.
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