UN agencies working towards receiving 200,000 refugees in Sudan - GulfToday

UN agencies working towards receiving 200,000 refugees in Sudan

  • 20 Nov 2020
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UN agencies set to receive 200,000 refugees in Sudan after the fled from violence in Ethiopia in the last six-month.

Since government troops started a war in the northern Tigray state of Ethiopia, hundreds, possibly thousands of lives have been lost. 

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Thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes. Some in an overcrowded boat to Sudan.

In a Geneva briefing, Axel Bisschop said "together with all the agencies we have built a response plan for about 20,000 people and currently we are at about 31,000 so it has already surpassed that figure. The new planning figure is around 200,000."

 UN agencies are seeking $50 million in immediate funding which will go towards providing food and setting up new camps.

 

 

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