‘Thousands of Sudanese refugees arrive in Chad’ – UN

17/03/2013 22:52

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), said on Saturday that around 12,500 Sudanese refugees fleeing inter-ethnic violence in Darfur have arrived in Chad over the last four weeks. A joint UN-government mission had registered about 12,500 people, for which UNHCR was not prepared, Aminata Gueye, representative of the UNHCR in Chad, said. “About a month ago, the border town of Tissi has started registering a huge influx of Sudanese refugees from the Darfur region”, she added.“We were not expecting this. It is an urgent situation that worries us”, Gueye continued.The refugees whom have recently arrived in Chad said they were escaping violence between different ethnicities ‘competing for control of Darfur’s gold mines’.File photoRelated: ‘Thousands of Sudanese refugees arrive in Goz Beida, Chad’ (19 February 2013)Source: AFP

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), said on Saturday that around 12,500 Sudanese refugees fleeing inter-ethnic violence in Darfur have arrived in Chad over the last four weeks.

A joint UN-government mission had registered about 12,500 people, for which UNHCR was not prepared, Aminata Gueye, representative of the UNHCR in Chad, said. “About a month ago, the border town of Tissi has started registering a huge influx of Sudanese refugees from the Darfur region”, she added.

“We were not expecting this. It is an urgent situation that worries us”, Gueye continued.

The refugees whom have recently arrived in Chad said they were escaping violence between different ethnicities ‘competing for control of Darfur’s gold mines’.

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Related: ‘Thousands of Sudanese refugees arrive in Goz Beida, Chad’ (19 February 2013)

Source: AFP