More than 55,000 Sudanese refugees flee to Chad as UN calls for funding
UN refugee agency says 400 people a day, about 20 times the previous daily rate, now cross from Sudan into eastern Chad.

UN refugee agency says 400 people a day, about 20 times the previous daily rate, now cross from Sudan into eastern Chad.

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The US and other Western countries have been reducing their funding, prioritising their defence spending instead.
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A harrowing journey costing $7,000 and the lives of many of his compatriots was ‘not worth the risk’, Hassan Ali says.
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