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| Sudanese refugees face 'humanitarian disaster' | Sudanese refugees face 'humanitarian disaster' |
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| People are dying in large numbers in a refugee camp in South Sudan, Medecins Sans Frontieres has warned. | |
| The medical charity says as many as four young children die at the Batil camp every day - twice the established emergency threshold. | |
| The rainy season makes it impossible to bring food in by road, and the only way to deliver aid is by air. | The rainy season makes it impossible to bring food in by road, and the only way to deliver aid is by air. |
| Some 120,000 refugees have fled to camps in South Sudan from Sudan following fighting north of the border. | Some 120,000 refugees have fled to camps in South Sudan from Sudan following fighting north of the border. |
| "What we are seeing here in this camp in nothing short of a humanitarian catastrophe," MSF's medical co-ordinator Helen Patterson said. | "What we are seeing here in this camp in nothing short of a humanitarian catastrophe," MSF's medical co-ordinator Helen Patterson said. |
| The majority of those who have died in the camp are children under five, and the MSF says that diarrhoea seems to be the biggest cause. | The majority of those who have died in the camp are children under five, and the MSF says that diarrhoea seems to be the biggest cause. |
| It adds that malnutrition is a contributing factor, calling for urgent help. | It adds that malnutrition is a contributing factor, calling for urgent help. |
| One man, Ibrahim, says his mother died after reaching Batil. | One man, Ibrahim, says his mother died after reaching Batil. |
| Osman, another refugee, says he has already lost his nephew, and is worried that the baby boy's father will soon die too. | Osman, another refugee, says he has already lost his nephew, and is worried that the baby boy's father will soon die too. |
| Refugees - many of whom walked to weeks to get to camps - say they were forced from their homes in South Korofan and Blue Nile State by ground and air attacks by the military. | Refugees - many of whom walked to weeks to get to camps - say they were forced from their homes in South Korofan and Blue Nile State by ground and air attacks by the military. |
| Officials in Khartoum deny that civilians are being targeted. | Officials in Khartoum deny that civilians are being targeted. |