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In this Tuesday, June 6, 2017 file photo, South Sudanese refugees queue to receive a lunch of maize mash and beans, at the Imvepi reception centre, where newly arrived refugees are processed before being allocated plots of land in nearby Bidi Bidi refugee settlement, in northern Uganda. The number of South Sudanese refugees sheltering in Uganda has reached 1 million, the United Nations said Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017, a grim milestone in what has become the worlds fastest-growing refugee crisis. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

The number of the South Sudanese refugees in Uganda reaches one million in whats become one of the worlds largest humanitarian issues.

Over the past year, about 1800 South Sudanese citizens arrived in Uganda every day.

They are fleeing the civil war and violence ravaging their home country.

The U.N. said the number of the South Sudanese refugees has grown exponentially since fighting erupted, and Ugandan authorities are struggling to support the growing amounts of refugees.

The World Food Program recently had to cut food rations amid funding shortages.

The government says it needs at least $2 billion to deal with the influx of refugees, but has only been able to raise a fraction of the money.

Link:
Migrant Crisis South Sudan Refugees Exceed 1M in Uganda - One America News Network (press release)