The United Nations' refugee agency said on Friday that more than a thousand Sudanese refugees have reached or attempted to reach Europe in early 2025, citing growing desperation in part due to reduced aid in the region.
DAILY POST reports that some 12 million people have been displaced by the two-year conflict between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which has fuelled what UN officials call the world's most devastating aid crisis.
While some have recently returned home to Khartoum, millions of others in neighbouring countries like Egypt and Chad face tough choices as services for refugees are being cut, including by the United States as part of an aid review.
A UN refugee agency spokesperson, Olga Sarrado, told a press briefing in Geneva that some 484 Sudanese had arrived in Europe in January and February, up 38 per cent from the same period last year.
Sarrado added that around 937 others were rescued or intercepted at sea and returned to Libya, more than double last year's figures for the same period.
“As humanitarian aid crumbles and if the war does not abate, many more will have little choice than to join them,” she said.
According to the UN migration agency, migrant deaths hit a record last year, with many perishing on the Mediterranean crossing, which is one of the world's most dangerous.
