Wednesday, October 7, 2026 • Voluntary return expands: The launch of the largest operation to repatriate Sudanese employees from Egypt within 45 days, and the start of voluntary return for Sudanese in Mauritania in mid-October (Source: Headlines of Sudanese newspapers published this morning) • UNHCR warns of a 20-fold jump in the numbers fleeing Sudan to eastern Chad (more than 400 people daily) while it has received only 18% of the $1.6 billion funding required this year (Source: Reuters, citing the UN High Commissioner for Refugees) • New UN report: About half of school-age refugee children worldwide (5.8 million out of 13.1 million) are still out of school, and funding cuts threaten to erase years of progress gains (Source: UNHCR via UN News)
— Editorial Team