More than 4 million refugees have fled Sudan since war began, UN says


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  • Tuesday, 03 Jun 2025

FILE PHOTO: A Sudanese woman, who fled the conflict in Geneina in Sudan's Darfur region, talks to her relative through a fence next to makeshift shelters, in Adre, Chad August 5, 2023. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo

GENEVA (Reuters) -The number of people who have fled Sudan since the beginning of the war has surpassed 4 million, a spokesperson for the U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday.

UNHCR spokesperson Eujin Byun told a Geneva press briefing that the milestone was reached on Monday and that the scale of displacement was "putting regional and global stability at stake".

(Reporting by Emma Farge, Editing by Friederike Heine)

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