Sudan: Größte Flüchtlingskatastrophe seit Jahren

Weitegehend unbemerkt von der Weltöffentlichkeit spielt sich im Sudan eine menschliche Katastrophe ab, die inzwischen solche Ausmaße erreicht hat, dass die IOM von der größten Flüchtlingskrise seit Jahren spricht.

Über sieben Millionen Menschen seien, erklärt die Organisation in einem Statement, innerhalb des Landes Binnenvertriebene, über eine weitere Million sei in Nachbarländer wie Niger, Ägypten oder den Südsudan geflohen:

The humanitarian situation in Sudan is catastrophic with no end in sight and civilians are the ones paying the price,” said IOM Director General Amy Pope. “We urge the international community not to turn their back on Sudan and to urgently support relief efforts before this leads to an even deeper humanitarian tragedy.”

The surge of newly displaced people across Sudan has overwhelmed public services and resources in the areas of arrival, creating appalling living conditions for millions of people who face a daily struggle to survive. The situation is further exacerbated by significant damage to infrastructure, the collapse of banking and financial services, frequent interruptions to the internet, telecommunications and electricity supply and the destruction of health facilities.

“It’s a daily struggle to get the essentials we need,” said Iman, a mother of two sheltering at a displacement site in Wadi Halfa, in Sudan’s Northern state bordering Egypt. “We lost everything that mattered to us, our home, our belongings, our jobs and our sense of security.”

Auch die Horrormeldungen von Vergewaltigungen, gezielten Vertreibungen, Folter und Mord an Zivilisten reißen nicht ab:

The BBC has seen new evidence of the brutal ethnic violence that has swept western Sudan since fighting broke out between two rival military factions in April. Analysis of satellite and social media data reveals at least 68 villages in Darfur have been set on fire by armed militias since the civil war began.

The UK Minister for Africa, Andrew Mitchell, told the BBC this bore "all the hallmarks of ethnic cleansing". It is the first time the British government has used the term to describe what is happening in Sudan.