Regional Sudan Crisis Response Situation Update – July 2024
IOM – UNHCR
IOM continued providing critically needed humanitarian assistance in Sudan and in neighbouring countries, and to advocate for safe, unhindered access to the most affected populations. During this reporting period:
• In Sudan, through local partner, IOM distributed life-saving non-food items (NFI) kits to reach over 25,000 vulnerable individuals in Khartoum, despite challenges in access.
• In Chad, IOM has just completed its first round of biometric registration at the Deguessa returnee site, hosting over 30,000 returnees.
• In South Sudan, 12,717 individuals were assisted with onward transportation assistance (OTA) – 5,846 individuals transported by road, 4,059 individuals by boat, and 2,765 individuals by flights. Moreover, DTM registered and verified 16,981new arrivals.
• In Ethiopia, 291 migrants received different assistance such as food, water, NFI, accommodation, medical support by referral and Onward Transportation Allowance (OTA) in Migration Response Centre (MRC).
• In Egypt, IOM distributed 1,139 clothing vouchers and 271 food vouchers to 271 Sudanese in Aswan, in coordination with Caritas.
• In Libya, 216 Sudanese migrants received medical consultation services including 13 referrals, in areas of Alkufra and Ejdabiya.
• IOM published the Sudan Mobility Update (3) which provides an overview of the total population of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sudan, including those displaced both before and after the onset of conflict on 15 April 2023
Sudan Situation: UNHCR External Update 12 – 18 July 2024
• In a press briefing on 16 July, the Office of the Spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary- General highlighted challenges organizations in Sudan continue to face in the delivery of critical assistance, including the ongoing insecurity, access constraints, and funding shortfalls. The SG’s office reiterated calls for increased and sustained donor support for the response.
• UNHCR’s first-ever Forced Displacement Survey (FDS), a pilot socioeconomic survey, warns that the ongoing conflict in Sudan is exacerbating the already severe humanitarian crisis in South Sudan for refugees and the communities hosting them. Conducted between April and December 2023 on some 3,100 households in South Sudan, the survey showed that refugee and hosting communities face similar challenges that aggravate protection risks and limit self-reliance opportunities.
• More than 1,000 people fleeing violence in Sudan cross the border into South Sudan daily, overwhelming the already overcrowded transit centres in Renk town. Most are South Sudanese returning refugees who had been living in Sudan since fleeing their country’s own civil war. One of them shares their story.
• Radhouane Nouicer, the Designated Expert on Sudan of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, has sounded the alarm about the dire human rights situation in the country as the fighting spreads to new areas.
• Sudan continues to spiral into chaos, with the humanitarian crisis worsening and the horrific toll of the conflict having on civilians in Al Fasher and other conflict hotspots.
• Over the past three months, up to 143,000 people may have been displaced from Al Fasher locality in North Darfur State due to clashes between SAF and RSF.
• Sudan has the largest internally displaced population in the world, with over 11 million people, including those displaced since mid-April 2023.
• An estimated 7.3 million people have been internally displaced since mid-April 2023, including those who experienced secondary displacement.
• Between 1 January and 30 April 2024, 125 humanitarian partners provided more than 5.2 million people across the country with multi-cluster humanitarian assistance.
