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Since mid-April 2023, following the crisis that erupted in Sudan between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the Central African Republic (CAR) is receiving thousands of Sudanese refugees through several border crossings, majority coming through Am-dafock, in the Vakaga region of CAR. UNHCR and the National Commission for Refugees (CNR) are coordinating border monitoring, reception, screening, and registration of new arrivals. Along with the CNR and the humanitarian community (including UN Agencies, International and Local NGOs) UNHCR has been providing lifesaving assistance including protection services, food, CRIs, emergency shelter, health care and education, reaching 15,798 refugees in Korsi, a settlement identified by the government in Birao town, Vakaga Prefecture, 65 km from Am-dafock border. Some 14,793 Sudanese refugees are also scattered in hard-to reach locations in Vakaga, Bamingui-Bangoran, Haute-Kotto, Ouaka, Mbomou, Haut-Mbomou prefectures and in need of assistance and protection. In addition, over 6,360 Central Africans who lived as refugees in Darfur have been forced to return to CAR in adverse conditions.