United Nations Aid groups said they are worried that there are not enough resources to support Sudanese seeking refuge in Chad and are calling for more funding.
According to the groups, over 700,000 Sudanese refugees have fled to neighbouring Chad, as a result of the conflict between the Sudanese army and paramilitary rapid support forces.
They added that the Sudanese refugees want to return home but they’re not sure when they will be able to.
Head of the World Food Program’s operations in the Adre, Ramazani Karabaye said, “What I worry (about) the most will be lack of funding. If we don’t have enough funding and have an increased inflow of Sudanese population here in Chad, adding a strain to this situation here in Chad as well itself, that can lead to hunger,”.
Fleur Pialoux, project coordinator for Doctors Without Borders, fears the situation will not improve any time soon.
“We know here the population is almost solely reliant on food aid and this is not something that is really sustainable.
“As the conflict is not improving on the other side and actually even worsening as we speak, we foresee that, sadly, people will remain here for quite a while,” she says.
A Sudanese refugee, Ousmane Taher, said, “In Sudan, there is a problem. There is no security, there is no stability. We came here as refugees in Chad and we (want to) return to our country, check our homes, and remain there.
“That’s our problem. Without security it’s difficult. We have children, we have a family and because (security) is not guaranteed we will stay here until we return to our county, God willing,”
At a hospital run by Doctors Without Borders in a displacement site in Chad, several children have died this year from malnutrition.
