DTM South Sudan: Wau Intentions Survey - Intentions Survey and Multi-Sectorial Needs Assessment | December 2017

KEY FINDINGS

Two-thirds of interviewed households (66%) intend to remain in their current displacement site. Among those who intend to return, only 10% intended to do so within the next month.

The most common reason cited for arriving at the site and intending to stay is access to security. Likewise, indecision about whether to return or to remain is closely linked to uncertainty regarding the security situation.

Family reunification is the main reason to leave, cited by one third (35%) of those intending to leave. For families reporting that close family members live in a different location, the separation is frequently related to access to school (31%) or work (23%).

BACKGROUND

There are currently seven displacement sites in Wau. These sites include the Wau Protection of Civilian Site Adjacent Area (PoC AA), Wau PoC1 (which hosts only 74 households), as well as five collective sites (Masna, Nazareth, Cathedral, Lokoloko and St. Joseph). Most of the IDPs in Wau originated from within Wau County itself, as well as Jur River, Raja, and nearby countries of Warrap states. June 2016 marked the beginning of the crisis in Wau, whereby intensified fighting broke out within Wau town forcing thousands of inhabitants to seek safety in the PoC and collective sites.

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