NAIROBI, 12 April 2013 (IRIN) - Chad is grappling with an influx of
refugees and returnees into its south-eastern regions, mainly from
neighbouring Sudan, and others from the Central African Republic (CAR)
following a series of inter-ethnic clashes in Darfur and a recent coup in the CAR, respectively.
At least 74,000 people have fled into Chad from Darfur in the past two months, 50,000 of them in the past week alone, sparking the largest influx of refugees from Sudan into Chad since 2005, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).
At least 74,000 people have fled into Chad from Darfur in the past two months, 50,000 of them in the past week alone, sparking the largest influx of refugees from Sudan into Chad since 2005, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).
In March, the first wave of 24,000 people fled from Darfur and arrived
in Tissi, a remote area in Chad’s southeastern Sila Region; 8,000 were
Sudanese and 16,000 Chadians. Most of them are women and children.
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