She said an organization Doctors Without Borders The Sudanese refugees fleeing the escalating attacks in Darfur Towards East Chad, they face “harsh conditions”, and are difficult to reach basic services.
The organization stated that since the end of last April, an estimated 40,000 Sudanese refugees arrived for the “Tin Camp for Transit”, the majority of whom have come from Al -Fasher and the camps surrounding the displaced.
The Tin camp is a crossing point for the nearby refugee camps in East Chad, near the border with Sudan, where MSF is working to expand aid to the new Sudanese refugees.
The organization emphasized that some new Sudanese refugees, including people who suffer from malnutrition and live in deep psychological distress due to the terrible violence in North Darfur and on the roads leading to Chad.
The organization recorded that the vast majority of refugees are women and children coming from El Fasher Zamzam camp For the displaced internally, as they actually endured the famine after it was imposed Rapid support forces A siege on these areas, and the circumstances of famine prevailed for months in Zamzam camp, according to the review committee Famine.
The Tin camp is currently hosting more than 18,000 people, many of whom sleep on the ground directly at a temperature of 40 degrees without shelter with very limited access to water and food.
Doctors Without Borders conducted more than 900 consultations per week in the health center in Al -Obour camp, as the rate of global malnutrition among children under the age of five is 29% of them 9% suffer from severe malnutrition.
The organization confirmed that it is preparing for an additional distribution of therapeutic food and basic tools, as it is distributed 60 liters of water per day, but this is half of what is currently required.