Mr. Dominic MacSorley:

Ms Finnan raised a good point. Regarding the media, this is a tough issue. We have to get beyond the fact the media can only pay attention to one crisis. What is happening in Gaza is horrific, but we must pay attention to other situations as well. I am in Chad, which has been and is hosting almost 2 million refugees. This is a very poor country and has massive problems, but we know this is the nature of it. The majority of refugees are now being hosted in neighbouring countries that themselves have their own major challenges.

Yesterday, I was in a camp called Lycée, which translates as "school". It started off with a number of refugees there some time ago. Today, it is a transit camp of 160,000 people, who are being moved to other camps in Adré in eastern Chad. This is a burden Chad cannot be expected to bear on its own. The lack of support coming in is now starting to fuel additional tensions between different groups and across the border.

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