UN: One Million Sudanese Refugees in Chad Face Life-Threatening Aid Shortages

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The United Nations announced yesterday that more than one million Sudanese refugees in Chad are facing life-threatening cuts to food supplies, protection services, and healthcare.

In a joint statement, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the World Food Programme (WFP) warned that over one million Sudanese refugees in Chad are facing immediate and life-threatening reductions in food, water, shelter, protection, and healthcare assistance.

The statement added that essential aid provided to refugees in Chad will face further severe cuts in the coming months unless a funding gap of 428 million is urgently filled.

It noted that Chad is hosting 1.3 million Sudanese refugees, more than 900,000 of whom have arrived since the outbreak of war in 2023.

The agencies explained that current available resources allow them to provide basic assistance to only four out of every ten refugees.

The statement highlighted that conditions in refugee camps remain extremely critical, with around 80,000 families currently living without shelter due to funding shortages. In some locations, refugees are forced to survive on less than half the minimum daily water requirement per person.

Healthcare facilities are also overwhelmed beyond their capacity, while vital protection services for survivors of sexual violence and gender-based violence are being scaled back, according to the statement.

It further noted that more than 243,000 people remain stranded in eastern border areas due to insufficient funding to relocate them to refugee camps in inland areas of Chad.