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Chad deports Sudanese refugees to danger zone, Doctors warn

Refugees from Darfur region newly arrived in Chad look for space to settle near the border area in Goungour, Chad May 8, 2023. (Reuters photo)

Refugees from Darfur region newly arrived in Chad look for space to settle near the border area in Goungour, Chad May 8, 2023. (Reuters photo)

January 29, 2025 (OMDURMAN) – The Sudanese Doctors Network (SDN) condemned Chad on Tuesday for deporting Sudanese refugees back to Sudan, where ongoing conflict poses a grave threat to their safety. The medical group called for international intervention to halt the deportations and protect vulnerable refugees.

“We hold the Chadian government fully responsible for the lives and well-being of these refugees who were forcibly returned to unsafe areas,” the SDN said in a statement.

The deportations come amid escalating clashes between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) near the Chad-Sudan border. The SDN warned that the volatile security situation, coupled with a lack of information about the deportees’ health conditions, leaves them highly vulnerable to disease and injury.

The SDN urged the UNHCR and other international organizations to provide urgent humanitarian assistance to Sudanese refugees in Chad, including food, medicine, shelter, and healthcare, and to ensure their protection in refugee camps.

The group also called for pressure on countries supplying arms and mercenaries to the RSF, which they blame for civilian deaths in Darfur.

Chad has not yet released an official statement regarding the deportations. However, the move has raised concerns among humanitarian organizations about the safety and welfare of Sudanese refugees fleeing the ongoing conflict in their country.

The conflict in Sudan, which erupted in April 2023, has created a major humanitarian crisis, displacing millions of people within Sudan and forcing hundreds of thousands to seek refuge in neighbouring countries, including Chad.

In the nearly two years since the war began, more than 734,000 Sudanese refugees have fled from Darfur to Chad, many having suffered repression and atrocities at the hands of the RSF paramilitary group.

Activists say this latest development raises serious questions about the protection and safety of those seeking refuge from the violence in Sudan,

 

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