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Every week, we publish new highlights on recent humanitarian developments to enable crisis responders to prioritise based on the needs of affected populations.
29/05/2024
Sudan
At least 800,000 people in Al Fasher, North Darfur, continue to face the impact of clashes between the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Armed Forces that escalated in mid-April 2024, peaking on 10 May. South Hospital has since received 1,000 patients, 145 of whom have succumbed to injuries. All three major medical facilities have been damaged, with South Hospital first hit on 25 May and the paediatric hospital damaged on 11 May. They are the only remaining functional hospitals and are quickly running out of supplies. An unknown number of people have been displaced. A 22 May attack on Abu Shouk camp, which hosts about 100,000 people, displaced more than 60% of its population. Basic needs such as food and water are in very short supply. Humanitarian access continues to be highly restricted, with insecurity, checkpoints, and roadblocks preventing people from leaving and aid from entering. (UN 24/05/2024, MSF 29/05/2024, Reuters 24/05/2024)
29/05/2024
Palestine
In Gaza, displacement camps are facing repeated bombardment. On 26 May 2024, an Israeli air strike hit an IDP camp in northwestern Rafah, resulting in destruction and trapping people in fire. The attack injured around 249 people and killed 45, including 23 women, children, and older people. On 28 May, an attack hit a camp in Mawasi, an area that Israeli forces had designated as a safe zone, resulting in 21 deaths. More than 85% of the Gazan population has been displaced since October 2023, many of them multiple times. Between 6–26 May, more than one million were displaced, including 945,000 from Rafah following the intensification of hostilities and Israeli evacuation order to Mawasi. Humanitarian conditions and access remain catastrophic given the Israeli forces' military operation and blockage of humanitarian aid. The IPC projects famine to occur in Gaza any time before the end of May. (OCHA 27/05/2024, NYT 28/05/2024, IPC 18/03/2024)
22/05/2024
Thailand
By May 2024, around 20,000 Myanmar refugees were living in remote rural communities of Thailand along the Thai-Myanmar border, arriving after the 2021 military coup in Myanmar. They are not allowed access to the existing camps comprising the around 95,000 Myanmar refugees who fled pre-coup conflicts in Myanmar. Majority of the post-coup refugees do not have documentation, such as passports, nor the refugee status that would allow them to stay in Thailand. The lack of documentation has resulted in significant risk of arrest, deportation, and refoulement and restricted their access to basic services, employment, and legal protection. The refugees cannot afford sufficient food given a lack of livelihood opportunities, leading to some infants being malnourished. Significant healthcare barriers in Thailand for these refugees include financial challenges, lack of legal documentation, and long travel distances to healthcare facilities. (TBC 24/05/2024; TBC 31/03/2024)
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