Media Advisory on Displacement figures on the Sudan situation
Media Advisory on Displacement figures on the Sudan situation
To News Editors & Correspondents
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, continues to monitor movements of people forced to flee deadly conflict in Sudan.
Regional displacement figures related to the Sudan crisis are updated regularly on this link: https://data2.unhcr.org/en/situations/sudansituation
Context
Three months since deadly conflict broke out in Sudan, more than three million people have been displaced both within the country and across borders into neighboring countries seeking safety. According to data collected and compiled by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, over 732,823 refugees have fled into Chad, Egypt, South Sudan, Ethiopia and the Central African Republic (CAR), as of 16 July 2023. Half of the new arrivals are women and children.
260,390 refugees have fled to Chad while 255,565 refugees and asylum seekers have arrived in Egypt. In South Sudan, 174,340 refugees have arrived in the country, 91 per cent of them being South Sudanese refugees who have returned to their country of origin. Some 25,540 refugees have also arrived in Ethiopia and another 16,988 refugees and returnees in CAR.
UNHCR continues to monitor movements of people forced to flee Sudan and provide lifesaving assistance and protection wherever we can.
Background information
- For data visualization on population movements, refer to the latest UNHCR Comprehensive Overview of Response to Emergencies (CORE) document on this link: https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/details/101970
- Video material and images of UNHCR’s response to the refugee crisis - https://media.unhcr.org/CS.aspx?VP3=DamView&VBID=2CZ94SIR9CA1&SMLS=1&RW=1280&RH=569
- In Nairobi (regional), Faith Kasina, [email protected], +254 113 427 094
- In Dakar (regional), Alpha Seydi Ba, [email protected], +221 773 457 454
- In Amman (regional), Rula Amin, [email protected], +962 790 04 58 49
- In Geneva, Eujin Byun, [email protected], +41 79 747 87 19
- In Geneva, William Spindler, [email protected], +507 6 382 7815
