Published on: 2026-04-10
Source: United Nations – United Nations –
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Almost three years after the start of the war in Sudan, millions of people continue to move from place to place, fleeing violence. This was stated by the representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Sudan, Marie-Hélène Verney, speaking on Friday at a briefing in Geneva.
As noted by UNHCR, the conflict that began in April 2023 has escalated into the largest displacement crisis in the world. Since the start of the war, about 14 million people have been forced to leave their homes: 9 million remain displaced within the country, and another 4.4 million have crossed its borders. Today, every fourth resident of Sudan is an internally displaced person.
Vicious circle
For many, moving has become an exhausting cycle: people rely on relative safety—and soon again move from their places.
Military actions continue in the regions of Darfur, Kordofan, and the Blue Nile. Intensification of airstrikes anduse of dronesleading to new waves of flight. At the same time, serious human rights violations are recorded, including sexual violence, forced mobilization, arbitrary detentions, and mass killings.
Women and girls face increased risks of sexual violence, exploitation, and abuse, especially when moving through unsafe areas. Victims encounter serious obstacles when trying to access medical, psychological, and legal assistance.
Meanwhile, millions of children have already spent three years in displacement conditions. Most of them practically do not have access to education. More than 58 thousand children have arrived in neighboring countries unaccompanied, separated from their families, often traumatized and wounded.
Neighboring countries at the limit of possibilities
The main burden of receiving refugees is carried not by neighboring countries – Chad, Egypt and South Sudan. Their resources are almost depleted.
The flow of refugees from Darfur to Chad continues, while at the same time South Sudan is simultaneously accepting Sudanese and nearly a million of its own citizens who returned from Sudan.
Return to destroyed areas
At the same time, there is an increase in the number of returns to the areas of Sudan where combat operations have weakened. However, conditions there remain extremely difficult: the infrastructure is destroyed, basic services are absent, and the economy is undermined.
The UVKB emphasizes that support for returnees is extremely important to prevent new waves of displacement.
Dangerous routes to Europe
The number of Sudanese departing is increasingon a dangerous routeThrough Libya to Europe. In 2024–2025, more than 14 thousand people arrived there – 232 percent more compared to the beginning of the conflict.
The UN emphasizes that such movements are associated with a lack of prospects for peace and insufficient assistance both within Sudan and beyond its borders.
Lack of funding intensifies the crisis
Despite the scale of the crisis, funding for humanitarian operationsremains extremely insufficient.
As of today, UN agencies have received only 16 percent of the necessary $2.8 billion for aid within Sudan and 8 percent of the $1.6 billion for refugee support in the region.
The UNHCR warns: without an urgent increase in international support, the suffering of millions of people will only intensify, and the crisis itself will become even more destabilizing and costly for the entire region.
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