Brussels: Europe and the Arabs
Doctors Without Borders is concerned about the fate of Sudanese refugees in Chad. "Tens of thousands of refugees are at risk of being deprived of aid due to the onset of the rainy season," she said, according to what was reported today, Sunday, by the Belgian news agency, adding that
Since violence broke out in Sudan in mid-April, many have fled to neighboring Chad. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, at least 115,000 refugees have sought refuge in the neighboring country, most of them women and children. This number is expected to rise to 200,000 in the coming months.
Tens of thousands of refugees live in the Sila region bordering southwestern Sudan. Thousands of people reside there spread over the fields, mostly under the trees. "There is almost no shelter and no clean water," Audrey van der Schott, who works with Doctors Without Borders in the area, told Dutch news agency ANP. They are also largely cut off from communication with the outside world.
"The rainy season started earlier than expected," said van der Schott. According to the relief organization, this could lead to complete isolation of the refugees. The area is inaccessible when the riverbeds and dry roads of Sila fill with water and flood.
We are trying to alleviate the suffering with medical materials and medicines. But the food is already running out.” So van der Schott sees an increase in malnutrition. Because of the lack of clean drinking water and poor conditions, there is also an increase in diseases such as diarrhea and malaria. Earlier".

Since mid-April, a bloody conflict has raged in Sudan between the paramilitary Rapid Support Group and the country's regular army. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, more than 220,000 people have fled Sudan due to the current violence. 800,000 people have been displaced within Sudan.