Sudan, three million displaced in three months of war, amidst sanitation shortages and food crises
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ROME – Nearly 3 million people have been displaced both inside and outside Sudan as a result of the three-month-old conflict. According to the data of theInternational Organization for Migration (OIM) over 2.2 million people are internally displaced and over 700,000 people have instead been forced to flee abroad.
The escape. Most of the displaced, 67 per cent, have fled Khartoum state and Darfur to the North, River Nile, West Darfur and White Nile states. Food, access to health services and basic necessities remain severely lacking. While most of the displaced live with the host community, more than 280,000 of them are currently in camps, public buildings and makeshift shelters, particularly in White Nile state. Other movements were recorded on the borders with Egypt, Chad, South Sudan, Ethiopia and the Central African Republic. Of the more than 697,000 people who have entered neighboring countries, 65 percent are Sudanese and an estimated 35 percent are returnees and third-country nationals. Most of them live in extremely precarious conditions.
The humanitarian crisis. The continued progression of violence is exacerbating an already dire humanitarian situation both in the country and in the region. At least 24.7 million people – about half of Sudan’s population – are in urgent need of aid and protection. A third of them are in Darfur, where the situation is deteriorating day by day.
humanitarian corridors. IOM has long called for a permanent ceasefire and the removal of red tape to ensure safe humanitarian corridors and allow the delivery of aid to people in hard-to-reach areas, explains IOM Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Othman Belbeisi. In response to the Sudan crisis, IOM has stepped up support and assistance activities in Sudan, Chad, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Egypt, Libya and the Central African Republic.
Support numbers. More than 22,400 people were reached in Chad; in South Sudan over 37,900; in Ethiopia over 48,500; in Egypt over 20,800 people were reached with the distribution of basic necessities and in Libya the IOM is preparing to distribute non-food items and hygiene kits.
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