Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is quite shocking that Sudan is getting nowhere near the profile that the humanitarian crisis that is Sudan represents. It is one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent human history. It has generated the world's largest internal displacement and hunger crisis. On 3 May, the famine early warning system network warned of famine with millions of people experiencing severe hunger. The conflict parties had again deliberately denied access to aid and attacked health and humanitarian infrastructure. Parts of Khartoum were in particular under siege. About 14.7 million people need humanitarian assistance. That is the plan for which the UN wants to provide for at a cost of €2.7 billion. The displacement is very significant. Million of people are on the move in Sudan now.

We had pledged €12.3 million in humanitarian assistance to Sudan and neighbouring countries to respond to Sudanese refugees. Egypt and others have now received substantial support from the European Union to accommodate and try to absorb Sudanese refugees from this terrible war. There is also a need for the neighbouring countries, which are in many ways sponsoring some of the armies in Sudan, to desist. That is a factor in the creation of the conflict between the Rapid Support Forces on one hand and the Sudanese Armed Forces on the other. Both groups has external supporters. It is quite shocking.