Unhcr Mobilizes To Help People Fleeing Sudan For Neighboring Countries

Unhcr Mobilizes To Help People Fleeing Sudan For Neighboring Countries Geneva – unhcr, the un refugee agency, is scaling up to assist people seeking safety in countries neighbouring sudan, where the fighting looks set to trigger further displacement both within and outside the country. so far, the most significant cross border movements in the region have been sudanese fleeing to chad, and south sudanese. Unhcr mobilizes to help people fleeing sudan for neighbouring countries. this is a summary of what was said by laura lo castro, unhcr representative in chad, marie helene verney, unhcr representative in south sudan and olga sarrado mur, unhcr spokesperson – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the palais des nations in geneva.

Unhcr Mobilizes To Help People Fleeing Sudan For Neighboring Countries A local youth group in the city of wad madani converted their former primary school into a shelter for people forced to flee sudan’s capital. when hundreds of people fleeing fighting in khartoum started flocking to his hometown of wad madani, about 130 kilometres southeast of the embattled capital, on the eve of eid al adha, abdelraheem osman, 29, immediately mobilized his friends to offer help. Alongside governments and partners, unhcr, the un refugee agency, has determined an initial planning figure of more than 800,000 refugees and returnees that may flee sudan to neighbouring countries. the figures are projections used for financial and operational planning. Self relocated refugees. since the start of the conflict in sudan in mid april 2023, large numbers of civilians have been forced to flee, including people who were already internally displaced and refugees from other countries who had sought safety in sudan. hundreds of thousands of people have fled into neighbouring countries or returned home. In september 2023, unhcr and 63 partner organizations published a revised inter agency sudan emergency regional refugee response plan, covering may to december 2023, which appealed for $1 billion to provide essential aid and protection to over 1.8 million people expected to flee from sudan and arrive in five neighbouring countries by the end of 2023.