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February 17, 2026 Refugees and migrants
As the war in Sudan approaches its fourth year, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and 123 partner organizations on Tuesday appealed for $1.6 billion to support millions of people forced to flee the country in search of safety.
The 2026 regional response plan provides life-saving assistance to 5.9 million people in seven neighboring countries: the Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, South Sudan, and Uganda. The plan will continue to prioritize support for the approximately 470,000 new refugees expected to cross these countries' borders.
The world's biggest crisis
War in Sudan erupted in mid-April 2023, with the Armed Forces and the Rapid Intervention Forces locked in a bitter power struggle.
UNHCR Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa Mamadou Diane Baldé said the need for the fourth annual humanitarian appeal for Sudan highlights the ongoing impact of the conflict on the population and the challenges facing the humanitarian system.
"Sudan remains the world's largest displacement crisis and gravest humanitarian crisis, unfolding against the backdrop of the most severe funding shortfall in decades," he told reporters in Geneva.
Host communities are at their limits
Some 4.3 million Sudanese refugees have found refuge within the region, most in Egypt and eastern Chad.
Host governments and local communities continue to show "amazing solidarity," Balde said, but their capacity is stretched to its limits.
"Due to severe funding cuts, UNHCR was forced to close two of its three registration centers in Egypt, limiting people's access to key protection mechanisms," he said. Furthermore, he said, funding per refugee per month has been reduced from $11 to $4.
In eastern Chad, more than 71,000 refugee families have not received housing assistance, meaning they lack safe and suitable housing. "Nearly 234,000 people are awaiting resettlement, living in extremely precarious conditions at the border," Baldé added.
Growing needs, shrinking resources
Balde emphasized that despite the limitations, the 2026 plan will continue to support host countries in providing basic services—food, shelter, medical care, and protection mechanisms—for new arrivals and the most vulnerable refugees. However, he warned that the growing gap between increasing needs and dwindling resources threatens to undermine both emergency responses and medium-term solutions.
UNHCR continues to call for increased international support to address the chronic underfunding of humanitarian operations in countries hosting people fleeing Sudan.
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