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STORY: UNHCR / SUDANESE REFUGEES CHAD
TRT: 6:45
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR ON SCREEN
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 29 APRIL 2023, MIJIGILTA, CHAD
1. Various, people fleeing from Sudan arriving in Chad
2. Various, feet walking
3. Med shot, women and children
4. Various, family on horse-cart
5. Various, family arriving on donkeys
6. Wide shot, newly arrived families seated
7. Close up, women looking on
8. Various, women seated
9. Close up, woman’s face
10. Various, women and children
11. Various, women’s faces
12. Wide shot, women and children walking
13. Various, family seated near makeshift shelter
14. Close up, Bousseyna Mohamed Arabi, Displaced from Sudan
15. Close up, children
16. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bousseyna Mohamed Arabi, Refugee from Sudan, 37-years-old:
“They came and attacked our village, and when some of us wanted to get out of their houses they
killed them.”
17. Various, Bousseyna washing dishes
18. Close up, Oulma Arabi, Displaced from Sudan
19. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Oulma Arabi, Displaced from Sudan, 45-years-old (male, Arabic)
“It all started around 1, 2 and 3 am. We took refuge at a local police station. They told us we cannot stay because the fighting had started. I called my children and told them to take my grandchildren and leave, and then we fled on foot."
20. Med shot, Bousseyna and her children
21. Med shot, Brice Degla: Senior Emergency Coordinator UNHCR, Chad taking details of new arrivals
22. Close up, hand writing on paper
23. Various, woman placing tag on woman’s hand
24. Various, UNHCR officer taking down details of new arrivals
25. Various, UNHCR officials placing tags on hands of new arrivals
26. SOUNDBITE (English) Brice Degla: Senior Emergency Coordinator UNHCR, Chad:
“UNHCR strategy here for the response, is first to assist people coming, to make sure the welcoming process is well done, first point. Second thing is in to ensure that all the protection concerns are clearly understood then addressed, so we have deployed a lot of stuff for the registration which is key for the beginning of the response, we need to know the nature of the people we want to support so registration is the first activity ongoing and e secondly, we are trying to make sure that we have a proper border control movement, to have the new people incoming in the border so that we can monitor also that situation. But third is the assistance in terms of water, education, health.”
27. Various, family going through registration
28. Close up, Tag being placed on hands
29. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Brice Degla, Senior Emergency Coordinator UNHCR, Chad:
“If we fail to act now it will be too late. The rainy season is coming in a few weeks and if we don't provide any assistance to the people, the road will be blocked and all the refugees here will be stuck and we definitely need to provide assistance in terms of water, health and shelter as quickly as possible, food also, in order to ensure that people are safe and protected.”
30. Various, family getting registered
31. Med shot, families at registration desk
32. Various, woman holding face
33. Close up, woman going through medical checkup
34. Wide shot, people near water truck
35. Various, women and children collecting water from truck
36. Various, crowds of newly arrived people escaping conflict in Sudan
37. Close up, women
38. Close up, face of elderly woman looking on
39. Wide shot, women and children
Heavy fighting and insecurity has driven tens of thousands to flee Sudan in search of safety in neighboring countries. In Chad, UNHCR and its partners have deployed emergency teams along the eastern border with Sudan to respond to urgent needs for protection and humanitarian assistance.
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is scaling up to assist people seeking safety in countries neighbouring Sudan, where the fighting looks set to trigger further displacement both within and outside the country.
So far, the most significant cross-border movements in the region have been Sudanese fleeing to Chad, and South Sudanese refugees returning to South Sudan.
In Chad, UNHCR and its partners have deployed emergency teams along the eastern border with Sudan to respond to urgent needs for protection and humanitarian assistance. The Government of Chad and UNHCR have initiated pre-registration activities to identify new arrivals and assess their needs. Since the beginning of the fighting, at least 20,000 refugees have fled across the border into Chad. Many are located in villages only 5km away from Sudan, and more are expected to arrive in the coming days.
UNHCR is also bolstering supplies of core relief items, including sleeping mats, soap and cooking utensils, for 20,000 refugees. Refugees are sheltering under trees and lack clean water and food.
Planning is underway to relocate families to an existing refugee camp further from the border, while a new location is being identified to host additional arrivals.
More than 400,000 Sudanese refugees are already hosted across 13 camps and among local communities in eastern Chad.
UNHCR remains committed to protecting refugees, displaced populations and host communities in Sudan.
