United Nations refugee agency officials on Tuesday said the number of people who have fled Sudan since the beginning of the civil war in 2023 has surpassed four million, adding that many survivors faced inadequate shelter due to funding shortages.
UN refugee agency spokesperson, Eujin Byun, disclosed this during a press briefing in Geneva.
“Now in its third year, the 4 million people is a devastating milestone in what is the world’s most damaging displacement crisis at the moment.
“If the conflict continues in Sudan, thousands more people, we expect thousands more people will continue to flee, putting regional and global stability at stake,”; Byun said.
DAILY POST reports that Sudan, which erupted in violence in April 2023, shares borders with seven countries: Chad, South Sudan, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Central African Republic and Libya.
UNHCR Principal Situation Coordinator, Dossou Patrice Ahouansou, said more than 800,000 of the refugees have arrived in Chad, where their shelter conditions are dire due to funding shortages, with only 14% of funding appeals met.
“This is an unprecedented crisis that we are facing. This is a crisis of humanity. This is a crisis of protection based on the violence that refugees are reporting,”; he said.
