Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)

I am relieved to hear the overall threat assessment is medium. That is an encouraging development but, as the situation needs to be kept under constant review, there may be changes to this status.

With up to 13 NGOs having been expelled, a disastrous situation has emerged in Darfur with, for example, Médecins Sans Frontières, MSF, being forced to leave while dealing with two meningitis outbreaks. Will many more refugees begin to cross the border from Darfur and Sudan to eastern Chad? Is there any evidence that the Chadian rebels may be receiving new assistance from Sudan? What impact will the approaching rainy season have on the situation, which I understand is three months away?

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