Chad - May 2023

At the end of April, Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Deby issued a decree that implements an asylum law approved by the legislature in 2020. This law will significantly improve conditions for asylum seekers in the country, including through providing them access to identification documents, the labour market, healthcare, and education. The current context gives this decree added importance as Chad has been one of the major destinations for refugees fleeing the violence in Sudan (and has hosted refugees and asylum seekers for many years before this). The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimates that there are 600,000 refugees and asylum seekers presently in the country (accounting for three per cent of the population of the country).

Sources: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Transitional Presidency of Chad