The United Nations Agency for Refugees (Acnur) anticipated today that the current internal conflict in Sudan, which according to the latest UN figures has caused 459 deaths and 4,079 injuries, could cause at least 145,000 refugees in neighboring countries of Chad and South Sudan.
In a press conference coordinated from Geneva, the UNHCR representative in Chad, Lorena lo Castro, indicated that the agency is preparing to receive up to 100,000 refugees in that country (some 20,000 have been counted so far), while her colleague in Sudan from South, Marie-Hélène Verney, indicated that in that territory 45,000 are expected.
To these figures should be added the Sudanese who have also fled to neighboring Egypt, although UNHCR spokeswoman in Geneva, Olga Sarrado, pointed out that there are still no exact figures on the number of refugees who have already arrived in that country.
Source: EFE
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