The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has called for international action as 20,000 people are forced to flee their homes in Sudan every day.
According to the latest Displacement Tracking Matrix report, people under the age of 18 make up 53 percent of the total number of displaced people.
The IOM said that over the past year, more than 8.6 million people in Sudan have been forced to flee their homes as conflict spreads across the country, including many who have previously been displaced multiple times.
“Sudan is tragically on the fast track to becoming one of the world’s biggest humanitarian crises in decades, and the conflict that has engulfed the country is creating pressure across the region. Millions of people are displaced, hungry and vulnerable to exploitation and abuse, but their plight is ignored by too many the world,” said IOM Director General Amy Pope.
She called on international leaders to take a moment, help IOM deliver humanitarian aid to Sudan and use their influence to help bring peace.
