{"id":20057999,"date":"2023-11-02T15:40:49","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T14:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/?p=20057999"},"modified":"2023-11-06T09:33:37","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T08:33:37","slug":"un-high-commissioner-for-refugees-114-mln-refugees-and-displaced-people-worldwide-6-mln-in-sudan-a-symptom-of-worlds-extreme-disorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/un-high-commissioner-for-refugees-114-mln-refugees-and-displaced-people-worldwide-6-mln-in-sudan-a-symptom-of-worlds-extreme-disorder","title":{"rendered":"UN High Commissioner: \u2018114 mln refugees and displaced people worldwide, 6 mln in Sudan, a symptom of world\u2019s extreme disorder\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, says that the latest figures of 114 million refugees and displaced people around the world is \u201ca tangible but sometimes neglected symptom of the world\u2019s current extreme disorder\u201d. He urges the UN Security Council (UNSC) that \u201cwhile the conflict in Gaza is the latest \u2013 and perhaps largest \u2013 piece of a most dangerous jigsaw of war that is rapidly closing in around us\u201d, he also focused attention on the conflict in Sudan that \u201cturned previously peaceful Sudanese homes into cemeteries\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Addressing the UN Security Council (UNSC) in New York this week, High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi highlighted<\/a>: \u201cThe past three weeks have provided devastating proof that disregarding the basic rules of war \u2013 international humanitarian law \u2013 is increasingly becoming the norm and not the exception, with innocent civilians killed in unprecedented numbers: in the Hamas attacks on Israeli civilians and in the killing of Palestinian civilians and massive destruction of infrastructure caused by the ongoing Israeli military operation\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe conflict in Gaza is the latest \u2013 and perhaps largest \u2013 piece of a most dangerous jigsaw of war that is rapidly closing in around us, but we \u2013 you \u2013 have the responsibility to remember that it is not the only one,\u201d Grandi reminded the UNSC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2018Fighting is growing in scope and brutality, affecting the people of Sudan, and the world is scandalously silent\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLook at Sudan: just six months ago governments and media were very focused on this situation as their citizens were being extracted from a war that erupted without warning and turned previously peaceful Sudanese homes into cemeteries. Now, fighting is growing in scope and brutality, affecting the people of Sudan, and the world is scandalously silent, though violations of international humanitarian law persist with impunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2018It is shameful that the atrocities committed 20 years ago in Darfur can be happening again today with such little attention\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is shameful that the atrocities committed 20 years ago in Darfur can be happening again today with such little attention. As a result, almost six million people have been forced from their homes; more than a million have fled to neighbouring and often fragile countries \u2013 and some of them have already moved on to Libya and Tunisia, and are crossing the Mediterranean on flimsy boats towards Italy and the rest of Europe. I welcome the resumption of the Jeddah talks<\/a> \u2013 and hope they will help at least reach a ceasefire soon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his address, Grandi also highlighted the ongoing situations in Lebanon, where one in four people is a Palestinian or Syrian refugee the Central Sahel, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Armenia, Central America and elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grandi concludes: \u201cThe gravity of this moment cannot be overstated. The choices that the 15 of you make \u2013 or fail to make \u2013 will mark us all; and for generations to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWill you continue to allow this jigsaw of war to be completed by aggressive acts, by your disunity, or by sheer neglect? Or will you take the courageous and necessary steps back from the abyss?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Refugees<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grandi\u2019s remarks come as reports reach Radio Dabanga that new waves of Sudanese refugees fleeing violence in West Darfur began arriving at the new Milli 2 camp in Chad<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Radio Dabanga correspondent reports that the refugees have been stranded on the Chad-Sudan border for about three months and the group is expected to include about 3,000 families initially.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As also covered by Radio Dabanga today, a report by\u00a0M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8re<\/em><\/a>s\u00a0(MSF<\/a>)<\/em> says close to\u00a0353,000 people have fled to South Sudan \u2013 this includes over 295,000 South Sudanese returnees and over 50,000 Sudanese refugees [UN].<\/p>\n