(8 Jan 2014) People fleeing violence in South Sudan continue to seek a refuge in the main UN compound in Juba.
Many fled in fear that they would be targeted by other ethnic and tribal communities.
South Sudan has experienced three weeks of violence.
Internally displaced people are searched for weapons as they enter, according to Ariane Quentier, a spokesperson for the UN Mission in South Sudan.
"We are expecting reinforcement anytime next week, starting with 350 new police," she added.
Civilians have been making their way to the base after fighting broke out between two factions in various parts of South Sudan but have also come under attack in the camp as recently as over the past weekend.
President Salva Kiir Mayardit says the fighting was sparked by a coup attempt mounted by soldiers loyal to Vice President Riek Machar on 15 December.
Machar is now a fugitive sought by the military.
However, some officials of the ruling party say the violence began when presidential guards from Kiir's Dinka ethnic group tried to disarm those from the Nuer ethnic group to which Machar belongs.
From there, violence spread across the country, with forces loyal to Machar defecting and seizing territory from loyalist forces.
The UN has said at least 1-thousand people have died so far.
Some 200-thousand people have been displaced by the fighting.
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