December 4, Nairobi — The Chadian authorities are deporting Sudanese refugees from the Adre border camp. Refugees have been given three options: relocating them to another camp 200km from the city, being returned to areas they fled in Sudan or informing foreign organizations of their movement to another country.
Sources told Darfur24 that refugees believes this put thousands of lives at risk, including of elderly people in the camp. This comes after reports that conditions in camps in eastern Chad are worsening.
In a report published by the United Nations on Tuesday, the Chadian government said that the number of Sudanese refugees in Chad could reach over 900,000 by the end of the year. 88 percent of those that have been registered so far are women and children. The UN also recently said that 25,000 people arrived in eastern Chad in the first week of October alone
The UN’s Emergency Relief Coordinator, Tom Fletcher, announced he was allocating $5 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund to support the humanitarian response for Sudanese refugees in Chad.
However, there have been repeated calls from aid groups for more support for Sudanese refugees in Chad. A project coordinator for Doctors Without Borders told Africa News they fear 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,” said Fleur Pialoux from Doctors Without Borders.