Sudanese refugee crisis
| Part of the Sudanese civil war (2023–present) | |
A Chadian camp for displaced people who fled violence in Darfur at the Chad-Sudan border where over 90,000 people have fled and thousands have been displaced. | |
| Date | 15 April 2023 – present |
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| Location | |
| Displaced | 12 million |
An ongoing refugee crisis began in Sudan in mid-April 2023 after the outbreak of the Sudanese civil war. As of November 2025, the conflict has forced more than 11.7 million people from their homes, including about 7.26 million displaced within Sudan and a further 4.25 million who have crossed the border, making it the largest displacement crisis in the world.
The vast majority of these civilians entered the neighboring country of Chad with the United Nations reporting most of these people came from Darfur and Khartoum, but thousands more moved to other countries. By May 2024, the UN reported at least 675,000 refugees in South Sudan, 500,000–550,000 in Egypt, 75,000 people in Ethiopia, 30,000 in the Central African Republic, 600,000 in Chad, and 3,500 in Libya. Some 11.6 million people were reportedly stuck or displaced across the country owing to the increase in violence and a humanitarian crisis that affected 25 million people, equivalent to more than half of Sudan’s population.