“As we feared and feared, the situation in Sudan has become terribly deadly for so many children,” UNICEF spokesman James Elder told reporters in Geneva.
190 children were killed in 11 days
He added that the organization had received reports from a trusted partner – which the UN has yet to independently verify – that 190 children were killed and 1,700 injured in the first 11 days alone. fighting that started on April 15. Elder said these figures were collected from health facilities in Khartoum and Darfur region. He explained that this means that these figures only cover children who have reached health facilities in these areas, warning that “the reality could be much worse”.
Hundreds of people have been killed and hundreds of thousands have fled their homes in Sudan since fighting began three weeks ago between the army led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo .
The two sides agreed to a number of short-lived truces, but none of them were fully respected, and airstrikes and armed clashes continued in Khartoum on Friday for the 21st consecutive day.
A call not to send refugees back
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) deplores the dire situation in Sudan and urges all countries to refrain from returning Sudanese nationals to the country. “UNHCR urges all countries to allow civilians fleeing Sudan access to their territory without discrimination,” UNHCR Director of International Protection Elizabeth Tan told reporters. “This applies to both Sudanese nationals and foreigners, including refugees hosted by Sudan, those deprived of citizenship and those who do not hold passports or other identity documents,” he said. she added.
seek shelter
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said it was preparing for an influx of 860,000 people from Sudan to neighboring countries, while more than 113,000 people have fled the country so far.
Hundreds of thousands of Sudanese have also been internally displaced.
“We are grateful to all neighboring countries for allowing them to seek safety,” Tan said.
Referring to the current fluctuations in Sudan, she explained that the agency has called on countries to “suspend negative decisions on asylum applications made by Sudanese citizens or stateless persons who normally reside there”.
And she said negative asylum decisions that have been issued previously should be reviewed.” “, she said.
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