Wed Mar 12, 2014
Chad is struggling to manage the influx of refugees from the Central African Republic (CAR) as its resources are limited.
The Chadian government is sheltering more than 80,000 refugees from the CAR in transit centers across the country.
This is while thousands of people have been neglected by the authorities and humanitarian agencies, and many are suffering from severe malnutrition and with no shelter other than the shade of trees.
“It is unacceptable for thousands of men, women and children who were forced to leave CAR fearing for their lives, to die here in Chad for lack of even the most basic assistance. It is important that the Chadian government and the international community including the UN agencies urgently assist these people and ensure that they have security, access to food, medical services, and adequate shelter,” Christian Mukosa, the Central Africa Researcher at Amnesty International, said.
Doctors Without Borders’ emergency coordinator, Foura Sassou Madi, said refugees fleeing the violence in the Central African Republic are arriving in Chad in very precarious conditions in need of medical assistance.
Tens of thousands of civilians have crossed from the Central African Republic into southern Chad in the past three months. Most of them are Muslims and are sleeping in makeshift shelters near the border. The CAR has been facing deadly violence since December 2013, when Christian armed groups launched coordinated attacks against the mostly Muslim Seleka group, which toppled the government in March 2013.
On March 11, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said ongoing violence pushed most Muslims out of the western side of the CAR.
According to the UN, more than 950,000 people have been displaced and thousands more killed by violence in the country.
The atrocities take place despite the intervention of French troops in the former colony. On December 5, 2013, France invaded the CAR after the UN Security Council adopted a resolution giving the African Union and France the go-ahead to send troops to the country.
Source: PressTV.
Link: http://edition.presstv.ir/detail/354321.html.
Chad is struggling to manage the influx of refugees from the Central African Republic (CAR) as its resources are limited.
The Chadian government is sheltering more than 80,000 refugees from the CAR in transit centers across the country.
This is while thousands of people have been neglected by the authorities and humanitarian agencies, and many are suffering from severe malnutrition and with no shelter other than the shade of trees.
“It is unacceptable for thousands of men, women and children who were forced to leave CAR fearing for their lives, to die here in Chad for lack of even the most basic assistance. It is important that the Chadian government and the international community including the UN agencies urgently assist these people and ensure that they have security, access to food, medical services, and adequate shelter,” Christian Mukosa, the Central Africa Researcher at Amnesty International, said.
Doctors Without Borders’ emergency coordinator, Foura Sassou Madi, said refugees fleeing the violence in the Central African Republic are arriving in Chad in very precarious conditions in need of medical assistance.
Tens of thousands of civilians have crossed from the Central African Republic into southern Chad in the past three months. Most of them are Muslims and are sleeping in makeshift shelters near the border. The CAR has been facing deadly violence since December 2013, when Christian armed groups launched coordinated attacks against the mostly Muslim Seleka group, which toppled the government in March 2013.
On March 11, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said ongoing violence pushed most Muslims out of the western side of the CAR.
According to the UN, more than 950,000 people have been displaced and thousands more killed by violence in the country.
The atrocities take place despite the intervention of French troops in the former colony. On December 5, 2013, France invaded the CAR after the UN Security Council adopted a resolution giving the African Union and France the go-ahead to send troops to the country.
Source: PressTV.
Link: http://edition.presstv.ir/detail/354321.html.
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