Moving Aziza and her family to safety
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
Description
The 41-year-old mother of two children recently crossed into the country to escape war in Sudan. Together with a group of other newly arrived families, Aziza was being moved away from the border to a settlement where she could access life-saving assistance. The exodus of desperate families escaping the brutal conflict in Sudan has continued unabated since it began in April 2023, with nearly 4 million refugees now living in neighbouring countries and beyond. So far, more than 770,000 Sudanese refugees have sought safety in Chad – one of the world’s poorest countries – and 86 per cent are women and children. This is in addition to 200,000 Chadian returnees who lived in Sudan as refugees. The new arrivals are putting immense pressure on dwindling national resources. In Adré, for example, more than 280,000 Sudanese refugees currently live in overcrowded, spontaneous sites that have sprung up along the border, overwhelming the capacity of the local population of about 40,000 people.
Metadata
Published to Youtube on: 23/04/2025
Archived on: 24/04/2025
Original URL (may no longer be available): https://youtube.com/watch?v=SsKWKhNkNV8