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HUMANITARIAN OVERVIEW
- Since the beginning of the conflict in Sudan on 15 April 2023, and as of 30 June 2025, the Chadian Government, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), and the International Organization for Migration have registered 867,999 refugees and 306,865 Chadian returnees. 61 per cent of the refugees and 67 per cent of the returnees are children under 18.
- This includes 87,747 refugees who have arrived in Chad since mid-April 2025, following the attacks on the internally displaced persons camps of Zamzam and Abou Shouk in Sudan. Most of these refugees are arriving in the provinces of Wadi Fira and Ennedi Est.
- The large influx of refugees has put pressure on natural resources and basic services. The risk of conflict between refugees and the host community remains high.
- Early June 2025, health officials reported a cholera outbreak in El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur. There is a high risk of the disease spreading to Chad through the Adré (Ouaddaï province) and Tiné (Wadi Fira province) entry points. The humanitarian actors are supporting the Government in the surveillance of the border.
HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE
- The Chadian Government and UNHCR are coordinating the response, and regular sector meetings are taking place.
- UNHCR and partners, including UNICEF, are actively responding to the needs but continue to face severe underfunding and logistical challenges.
- Between 23 June and 4 July 2025, UNICEF, the World Food Program (WFP), and UNHCR assessed the nutrition and food security sectors in Wadi Fira and Ennedi Est provinces to strengthen coordination, communication, and service provision.
- From 26 June to 2 July 2025, the WASH section chiefs of UNICEF and UNHCR conducted a joint mission to monitor the WASH response in Iridimi, Ouré Cassoni, and Tiné refugee camps. This mission confirmed the urgent need to increase the provision of WASH services to the refugees.
- The humanitarian team, along with the Government, is taking preparedness action for a cholera outbreak in Eastern Chad, focusing on several entry points, including Adré and Tiné. UNICEF and its partners, the provincial health delegations, the Chadian Red Cross, and the NGO Sahkal, are focusing their efforts on risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) and infection prevention and control (IPC).
- The budget needs for the Chad component of the 2025 Sudanese Regional Refugee Response Plan (RRRP) amount to US$ 701.3 million. The Chad component of the 2025 RRRP is currently at 18% funded. UNICEF’s funding needs are US$ 48.3 million, with a funding gap of 53 per cent as of 4 July 2025. UNICEF requires US$29.1 million to avert a humanitarian catastrophe in Eastern Chad.