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Projet 21 - Chad: Sudanese emergency - Protection situation of new arrivals (from January 1 to December 31, 2024)

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Summary

This dashboard summarizes the views of Sudanese refugees, on the situation and protection risks in Chad. The perceptions of these households, interviewed either at the entry points or at the transit sites, a few days after their arrival in Chad, reflect the trauma of fleeing and the relief of having crossed the border.

From 1 st January to 31 December 2025, 16,449 households were interviewed, including 2,890 households of 10,619 individuals in Wadi Fira province 13,334 households of 50 517 individuals at the Adré entry point, in Ouaddai province and 149 households in Ennedi Est province.
The main trends to be highlighted from the interviews are as follows:

Access to the asylum country

  • 46% said that insecurity was the main driver of their flight to Chad while 42% mentioned Lack of livelihood.

  • 44% experienced Human Rights violations, including extortion of property 16%, physical assault 16% and illegal taxes 11% - 48% have family members stuck in Sudan and unable to flee to Chad because of lack of transportation’s means (20%); fear of arbitrary arrest (9%) or fear of forced recruitment (10%).

Education

  • 90% of households indicated that their children dropped out of school due to the crisis.

  • 96% of households have children of school age.
    Child protection * - 43% of households claimed that their children are at risk of dropping out from school.

Documentation

  • 35% have birth certificates and 16% have identity cards or other types of documents - 49% of households don’t have documents and claimed that their documents were lost or burnt (91%) or confiscated during their flight to Chad(2%).

Community engagement

  • Access to access services (42%), Information on the country of origin (33%) and available assistance (15%) are the types of information preferred by the households surveyed.