Chad: Over 400 Sudanese refugees crossing the border daily, UNHCR warns
More than 55,000 Sudanese refugees have arrived in eastern Chad since the beginning of 2026, and the pace has just surged, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) warned on September 25, 2026, according to Africanews.
"Over the past week, the rate of arrivals has accelerated sharply," said Mamadou Dian Balde, the UN regional refugee coordinator. More than 400 people are crossing the Adré and Tiné border points every day, which is about twenty times more than before, according to his figures.
A host country on the front line
Chad, one of the poorest countries in the world, has already been hosting nearly a million Sudanese since the start of the war. At the Tiné transit center, more than 4,300 people are waiting in precarious conditions, with urgent needs for shelter and sanitation. More than 190,000 refugees settled in border areas are living with less than half of the minimum amount of water needed each day, according to the UNHCR.
Chadian solidarity is remarkable, but it cannot do everything. For 2026, the UNHCR has received only 18% of the 1.6 billion dollars needed for its response to the Sudanese crisis, reports Africanews.
A war that shows no signs of weakening
The conflict has pitted the regular Sudanese army against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since April 2023. It has left more than 200,000 people dead according to humanitarian workers, and 11.3 million people remain uprooted: 6.4 million internally displaced persons and 3.5 million refugees outside the country.
Fighting continues in Darfur, Kordofan, and Blue Nile State, with airstrikes and drone attacks complicating humanitarian access, according to the UN.
What comes next
Without rapid additional funding, humanitarian agencies fear they will not be able to absorb this new wave of arrivals. This crisis, one of the most serious in the world, remains largely overshadowed on the international agenda, even as calls from neighboring African states for a lasting ceasefire multiply.
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