Rola Amin said Sudanese refugees in neighboring countries were distributed as follows:
The UNHCR official said those numbers were likely to rise if the fighting continued.
Dear journey of misery
The outgoing journey is never easy, as it is fraught with pitfalls and very costly, and those who embark on it are subject to extortion or a security hazard, according to Amin.
She explained, “The cost to get out of places where the fighting is intense has become very high. Before the crisis, the cost of traveling by bus was about 40 dollars, and now it reaches 500-1000 dollars, and sometimes it takes 18 hours. ”
She said that the situation is tragic and that the impact of the fighting on civilians, displaced persons and refugees is very great, and that the risks that threaten them if the fighting continues are very great.
She added that before the outbreak of fighting in Sudan, there were more than a million refugees and nearly 4 million internally displaced people.
Due to the current crisis, many of them are stuck and have no way to protect themselves.
Before the current crisis, more than 15 million people in Sudan depended on humanitarian aid.
The deterioration of the security situation has led to the deterioration of the situation and the suspension of most of the activities of humanitarian organizations, such as the UNHCR, which has suspended its activities in places where fighting is intense, such as Khartoum, according to the head of the UNHCR.
This means that those who depend on humanitarian aid have been deprived of it and the number of people who need help has increased due to the recent fighting, but unfortunately they cannot be reached and this is a situation very dangerous, says Rola Amin.
Characteristics of the difficult humanitarian situation
She called on belligerents to protect civilians and the need to respect the protection of civilians and not to target civilian facilities such as schools and hospitals.
And she demanded that international organizations provide safe means to be able to deliver aid to all who need it.
And she called for international pressure on the warring parties to ensure this, noting that the priority now is a ceasefire.
And she painted a difficult picture of the situation in Sudan:
Power cuts. Water cuts. Sharp rise in prices, especially of fuel. Scarcity of nutrients.
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