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Filippo Grandi
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The largest current #refugee emergency is happening in #Chad 🇹🇩: 400,000 #refugees from #Sudan have arrived in the last few months, fleeing brutal, senseless violence in their country, where armed men are killing, maiming and raping civilians. Chad was already hosting refugees before this crisis. They are now one million in a country of 17 million: it means that one every 17 people is a refugee in Chad, which has very few resources and many challenges of its own. I visited Chad with @anna_bjerde to convey to the government and people of Chad, and the refugees, our solidarity. I am very grateful to the @worldbank for having stepped up their support to the crisis response. Thanks also to @statedept @stateprm @usaid for their additional funding for Sudanese refugees in the region, as announced by @usun. Other donors have to follow their example as the response remains underfunded, in Chad and in other impacted countries. And all my gratitude and admiration for the courageous #humanitarian workers — Chadian government officials and staff of #UNHCR, @unitednations agencies and #NGOs — for their commitment and tremendous work. It has been tough, but they have saved countless lives. @unhcrwestafrica