UN Refugee Agency Says 200,000 Have Fled Sudan

The United Nations refugee agency said Friday that 200,000 people have fled the violence in Sudan, with 60,000 total having fled to neighboring Chad.

At a news briefing in Geneva, U.N. refugee agency spokeswoman Olga Sarrado said 30,000 have crossed into Chad in the past several days, with more people crossing borders daily.

Along with those fleeing the country, she noted that 700,000 people are displaced w