Juba, Dec 2010: Southerners, just returned from the north to vote in the independence referendum, wait at a UNHCR transit camp
JUBA, SOUTHERN SUDAN, 7th December 2010: UNHCR transit camp on the outskirts of Juba. Southern Sudanese teacher John Orey, 50, spent 27 years working as a languages tutor at Khartoum University. He is on his way to his home village in Torit state, Magei county. "I'm looking forward to voting for separation, and we're pleased that the south will be ours. We might be poor here but we're free. "Life in Khartoum is difficult and we are mistreated and discriminated against. Under Sharia Law the northerners don't want black Africans to progress. "If we'd stayed in Khartoum we were worried that we'd be killed. As southerners we are unarmed but in Khartoum many northerners carry machettes, knives, and guns, If you walk around at night you could be killed." Two coaches organised by UNHCR and GOSS (prepare to take around 100 Southern Sudanese returnees from Khartoum to their home villages in Eastern Equitoria. Those without housing are provided with emergency relief by GOSS, and can stay temporarily in churches and schools. People can stay here for up to three days and are provided with blankets, shelter and basic food items. Photo by Mike Goldwater / Christian Aid
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