Famine as well as War and Atrocity Crimes now stalk Sudan. As UK Minister says Sudan is “now the world’s largest displacement crisis” Jan Egeland – Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council – tells parliamentarians that “Sudan is not getting the concerted diplomatic effort of the UN which is required…there is gang rape, pillage, massacres, extra judicial killings…the victims need to know that there will be justice.”
Lord Collins of Highbury, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL1528):
Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the humanitarian situation in Sudan, in particular with regard to the situation of (1) children, and (2) those forced to flee. (HL1528)
Tabled on: 14 October 2024
Answer:
Lord Collins of Highbury:
The conflict in Sudan has created a humanitarian disaster with the most vulnerable, including children, disproportionately affected. Sudan is now the world’s largest displacement crisis, with an estimated 8.1 million people internally displaced and a further 2.6 million having fled to neighbouring countries since the conflict began. The UK is providing £97 million of bilateral Official Development Assistance to Sudan this year, £84 million of which is vital humanitarian assistance. This includes funding to UNICEF which provides lifesaving nutrition programmes to some of the most vulnerable children in Sudan. In August, the Minister for Development announced £15 million of additional UK support to those fleeing violence within Sudan, and to South Sudan and Chad. This vital assistance is providing food parcels for 145,000 people in Sudan and around 60,000 vulnerable refugees in Chad, while offering critical nutrition services to South Sudanese children under 5.
Date and time of answer: 22 Oct 2024 at 12:47.
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Jan Egeland is currently Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council. Speaking to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Sudan and South Sudan he said “Sudan’s collapse is a test for the international community. We are failing it….Migration and fragmentation are beyond belief….Today’s crisis in Darfur is three times as great as that of 20 years ago and the silence has been deafening”· Sudanese women who spoke at the same meetings said “The UK has been MIA – missing in action”
https://www.nrc.no/who-we-are/secretary-general-jan-egeland
