Press Release: Darfur crisis: Commissioner Michel visits refugee camps in Chad

On 21 January, 2008, Louis Michel, the European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, visited the Djabal refugee camp in south eastern Chad to witness first-hand the continuing humanitarian crisis there. The camp, near the town of Goz Beïda around 80 kilometres from the border with the Sudan region of Darfur, hosts more than 15,000 refugees from Darfur. Many refugees have come to stay in Djabal after their villages were attacked by Janjaweed militia in Darfur. Commissioner Michel also visited a site hosting internally displaced Chadians in Goz Beïda.

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