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KHARTOUM, Nov.26 (Xinhua) – The continuing flow of Ethiopian refugees into Sudan has raised concerns about a humanitarian catastrophe, Sudanese experts said Thursday.
“The border area adjacent to the Ethiopian Tigray region is witnessing continuous influxes, a situation that entails dangerous dimensions,” Al-Sir Khalid, head of the refugee commission in the state of Kassala in Sudan, told Xinhua.
According to the most recent United Nations estimates, more than 40,000 Ethiopian refugees fleeing the war in the Tigray region have crossed the border into Sudan, which is beyond Sudan’s accommodation capabilities.
Sudan’s government expects the number of Ethiopian refugees fleeing to the country to reach 100,000 before the end of this year.
“There is a lack of response from partners and humanitarian organizations to displacement requirements, including food, water, health services and shelter,” Khalid noted.
“Ethiopian refugees have a very big impact on the eastern areas of Sudan given the tense situation in the Sudanese state of Kassala, which borders the Ethiopian region of Tigray,” Osman Faqiri, a Sudanese security expert and security expert, told Xinhua on Thursday. activist in eastern Sudan affairs. .
“The situation in eastern Sudan cannot bear other problems and complications,” he added.
Yasin Ahmed, president of the Ethiopian Institute of Public Diplomacy, told Xinhua that “Sudan will be affected by the influx of refugees given the harsh economic conditions in the country” and “this crisis negatively affects not only Sudan, but also the entire region. “.
Violence and insecurity are reported to be spreading in Ethiopia beyond the conflict-ravaged Tigray region as people flee their main city of Mekele, UN humanitarian personnel said on Wednesday. Final product
