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The International Organization for Migration said that nearly three million people have been internally displaced or crossed borders to escape the conflict in Sudan in less than three months. According to the United Nations news bulletin, of which we received a copy this Friday morning.
The latest figures recorded by the International Organization for Migration's Displacement Tracking Matrix show that 700,000 people have sought refuge in Sudan's neighboring countries, in addition to more than 2.2 million people who have been internally displaced.
The figures indicate that the largest displacement movement was from Khartoum with a rate of 67 percent, then Darfur with a rate of 33 percent, and the Northern State with a rate of 16 percent, followed by the River Nile State with a rate of 14 percent and West Darfur with a rate of 7 percent of the total displaced.
The International Organization for Migration stated that obtaining food, health care and basic relief materials is very difficult, noting that while most of the displaced and refugees live in host communities, more than 280,000 of them live in shelters, including tents, public buildings and primitive shelters, especially in White Nile state.
A call for safe passages
The figures recorded by the displacement tracking matrix showed that 40 percent of the total number of those fleeing took refuge in Egypt, while 28 percent arrived in Chad and 21 percent in South Sudan. The rest took refuge in Ethiopia and the Central African Republic.
The organization said that according to matrix data, 65 percent of the refugees who crossed the border in the past three months are Sudanese, while refugees returning to their countries from Sudan or other nationalities constitute 35 percent of the total refugees, most of whom live in difficult conditions.
"The organization renews its call for a permanent ceasefire in Sudan and the removal of bureaucratic obstacles to provide safe and secure humanitarian corridors, and to enable the delivery of aid to people in hard-to-reach areas," said Othman Belbeisi, Regional Director at the International Organization for Migration for the Middle East and North Africa.
  The organization reported that more than 22,400 refugees in Chad and 37,900 refugees in South Sudan have been provided with assistance through the Cross Border Relocation Assistance Programme. 48,500 refugees in Ethiopia received various aids, while direct aid and relief materials were distributed to 20,800 refugees in Egypt.
The organization said that it intends to distribute non-food items and personal care kits that are pre-stocked in the Kufra region in southern Libya.
The organization stressed that there is a need for more funding in order for the organization to be able to continue and intensify its operations throughout Sudan.