As the Sudan crisis enters its fourth year, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has warned of the worsening and expanding humanitarian catastrophe, stressing that the situation in Sudan has become the world’s largest displacement crisis, with devastating consequences affecting millions of civilians, especially children.
The UNHCR revealed that around 58,000 Sudanese refugee children are currently living in host countries without the accompaniment of their families after the war separated them from their relatives. Many of these children are also suffering from physical injuries and deep psychological trauma caused by violence and displacement.
Faith Kasina, Regional Spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, said that “although the agency cannot provide detailed information about unaccompanied children for privacy reasons, it is continuously working to trace their immediate family members, extended families, and relatives in order to reunite them.”
Kasina added that children found without their families are temporarily placed with selected foster families that receive support from humanitarian and relief organizations until their original families or relatives are located.
She emphasized that the UNHCR continues to urge the international community to provide more support and specialized services for unaccompanied and separated children, as well as for other vulnerable groups and people with special needs.
