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More than 100,000 Sudanese now in Chad's camps
16 Jun 2004 A total of 101,218 Sudanese refugees are now receiving assistance in eight UNHCR camps in eastern Chad. But UNHCR's relocation operation remains urgent, with 50,000 to 90,000 more refugees believed to be still scattered along the Chad-Sudan border. -
UNHCR revises budget for Chad operations to $55.8 million
11 Jun 2004 As Sudanese refugees continue arriving in Chad, the refugee agency has increased its 2004 budget for the Chad emergency by $35 million in the hope of helping 200,000 refugees by the end of this year. -
Chad to receive more than 1,700 tonnes of aid in ongoing airlifts
9 Jun 2004 The UN refugee agency is continuing its worldwide airlift of emergency supplies for Sudanese refugees in Chad, as it works to pump more than 1,700 tonnes of aid into the impoverished country. Today, UNHCR completed its airlift of tents from Pakistan and started similar flights from Tanzania. -
Urgent funds needed for Darfur refugees, stresses Jolie
7 Jun 2004 UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie has concluded her mission to eastern Chad by appealing for more funds to assist some 158,000 refugees from western Sudan before the start of seasonal rains. -
Hundreds flee new fighting in Darfur; UNHCR opens 8th camp in Chad
4 Jun 2004 As the influx into eastern Chad continues, UNHCR is rushing to relocate the Sudanese refugees before heavy rains cut off roads between the border and the eight camps, the latest of which opened today. -
Darfur refugees "facing disaster", warns Lubbers
3 Jun 2004 UN refugee agency chief Ruud Lubbers has warned that people fleeing conflict in Sudan's Darfur region are "facing a disaster" unless peace is restored to the area where more than 1 million people have been displaced in recent months. -
Over 80,000 relocated in Chad as Darfur exodus continues
1 Jun 2004 UNHCR is rushing to assist hundreds of Sudanese refugees who are arriving in eastern Chad every week. The agency is also continuing its relocation operation from the border, and airlifting relief items before the start of the rainy season. -
First rains fail to dampen aid efforts in eastern Chad
28 May 2004 UNHCR will continue airlifting relief supplies and relocating Sudanese refugees away from the Chad-Sudan border. But the operation is becoming more urgent as the rainy season threatens to make roads impassable in the coming weeks. -
UNHCR launches new wave of humanitarian airlifts to eastern Chad
25 May 2004 UNHCR is launching a new wave of humanitarian airlifts into eastern Chad in an urgent effort to get supplies into the area ahead of the rainy season. In the coming days more than 500 tonnes of relief supplies will be flown in from Denmark, Germany, Pakistan and Tanzania.