Since April 2025, internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in North Darfur, Sudan, have come under severe attack, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of civilians, displacing hundreds of thousands of the camp populations across various locations in North and Central Darfur states and leading to an increase in arrivals to Chad. This has placed an enormous strain on already fragile support systems, threatening the total breakdown of essential services such as food, water, healthcare, and protection.
In response, the EU has allocated €2 million in emergency humanitarian funding to address the immediate needs of refugees and returnees arriving in Chad’s Wadi Fira province. This funding will help humanitarian partners to provide water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services and shelter items.
In addition, the European Union has organised a Humanitarian Air Bridge operation transporting 531 tonnes of aid to assist humanitarian partners in scaling up their response efforts. 7 EU-funded aid flights transported vital supplies, including medical equipment, essential medicines, hygiene kits, water sanitation tools, and emergency shelter items like sleeping mats, tents, plastic sheets, mosquito nets, and blankets. While the 7 flights landed in N’Djamena, Chad, the items will eventually be distributed to the people in need in Darfur and Eastern Chad. Out of the total 531 tonnes of aid, 159 tonnes were donated from the EU’s own stockpiles.
In Chad, the EU has also partnered with the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) to establish tent-based accommodation and office spaces near the Sudanese border to facilitate the deployment of humanitarian teams supporting the newly arrived refugees.
Background
These efforts complement the strong support the EU has provided to the humanitarian response to Sudan crisis since its onset in 2023. Since April 2023, 17 EU Humanitarian Air Bridge (HAB) flights were organised to N’Djamena and Port Sudan, as well as a multi-modal operation transporting aid by truck from Dubai to Jeddah and then by sea to Port Sudan.
In 2025, the EU allocated a total of €271 million for the humanitarian response to the Sudan crisis in Sudan and in neighbouring countries.
