100,000 MORE SUDANESE REFUGEES IN CHAD: UN

Thu 01 June 2023:

Since the crisis in Sudan began more than six weeks ago, the UN reported on Thursday, more than 100,000 Sudanese refugees had fled to neighboring Chad, raising the total to more over 500,000.

The army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are at war, and this conflict has spread to other parts of Sudan, including Khartoum.

“The number of new refugees has passed the 100,000 mark” since fighting broke out on April 15, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said, as it appealed for emergency support.

Up to 200,000 others could be forced to flee to Chad in the next three months, the agency’s representative in Chad, Laura Lo Castro, said in a statement.

With the rainy season approaching, UNHCR said it needed “massive logistical support” to move refugees from border areas for their safety.

Even before the conflict erupted, Chad — one of the poorest countries in the world — was sheltering 588,000 refugees, including 409,000 Sudanese who were mainly from the western region of Darfur, UNHCR said.

The agency said it needed $214.1 million to provide protection and vital assistance for all refugees and displaced people in Chad.

Of this, $72.4 million were needed for people fleeing the Sudan crisis.

However, just 16 percent of this target has been met, it said.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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