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Humanitarian groups say the fate of 200,000 refugees was hanging in the balance because of the escalating crisis between Chad and Sudan. But they doubted Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno would expel them from his country. Mr Deby threatened to close camps housing refugees from Sudan's conflict-ridden Darfur region after rebels, whom he says are backed by the neighbouring regime, attacked the Chadian capital N'Djamena on Thursday.
A representative for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said she was "very worried" about the plight of the refugees who have been living in eastern Chad for three years. "The refugees have already suffered enough in Darfur. We do not want them to become victims of the tension between the two countries," Ana Liria-Franch said. She said rebels have begun entering the camps to recruit fighters. |