UN Refugee Chief Emphasizes Displacement Crisis in Sudan as War Rages On
Speaking on the sidelines of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, the intergovernmental organization’s refugee chief, Filippo Grandi, voiced his grave concern for Sudan’s future if the civil war continues, emphasizing that the conflict has already displaced millions and is pushing many to seek refuge in other African nations and along Europe’s maritime borders.
He told wire service AFP ahead of the GA session that current UN estimates show that the conflict in Sudan has displaced about 10 million people, with about 2 million leaving the North African nation altogether.
He noted a troubling trend of Sudanese refugees fleeing the region as a whole, citing approximately 40,000 who have arrived in Uganda and at least 100,000 in Libya.
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“We know that, given the active presence of trafficking networks and also the proximity with Europe, many of them may now try, or are already trying, to take boats on to Italy and other European countries,” the UNHCR chief said.
Europe already faces a large-scale immigration crisis, which over the past decade has taken in millions of refugees, many of whom fled the civil war in Syria.
Grandi stressed that the current level of humanitarian aid is entirely inadequate and said the growing crisis could destabilize the entire region.
The ongoing civil war, which has pitted the internationally recognized government’s Sudanese Armed Forces against the rebel Rapid Support Forces and its allies, has claimed tens of thousands of lives and plunged millions more into severe food insecurity.
