UNPOL steps up anti-crime crackdown at Bentiu PoC site
May 19, 2017, 08:53 AM
The U.N. mission in South Sudan - UNMISS has stepped up its crime control measures to ensure security and safety in the Protection of civilian site at the UN base in Bentiu.
Bentiu PoC sites currently shelters more than 120 – thousand internally displaced persons.
The UN police have been running an anti-crime campaign focussed at tackling crimes that have the greatest impact on the IDPs such as - violence and disorder, and antisocial behaviour.
Francis Yiribare, the UNPOL PoC site coordinator for the Bentiu PoC site said the campaign by the UN Police in Bentiu is designed to rid the PoC site of violence.
Yiribera spoke with Zenebe describing the kind of crimes UNPOL is dealing with in the PoC site.