More than 55,000 Sudanese refugees flee to Chad as UN calls for funding
- UN refugee agency says 400 people a day, about 20 times the previous daily rate, now cross from Sudan into eastern Chad.
- More than 55,000 Sudanese refugees have fled to neighbouring Chad this year, compounding a humanitarian crisis that will only deteriorate further unless there is a significant increase in funding, the United Nations has warned.
- The number of Sudanese people arriving in eastern Chad has “accelerated sharply” over the past week and is outpacing the available support, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday.
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- UN refugee agency says 400 people a day, about 20 times the previous daily rate, now cross from Sudan into eastern Chad.
- More than 55,000 Sudanese refugees have fled to neighbouring Chad this year, compounding a humanitarian crisis that will only deteriorate further unless there is a significant increase in funding, the United Nations has warned.
- The number of Sudanese people arriving in eastern Chad has “accelerated sharply” over the past week and is outpacing the available support, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday.
Sources: Al Jazeera