Crisis in Iran and rising prices hamper the arrival of aid to refugees, warns UN

Photo released by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) shows women and children displaced from El Fasher to a refugee camp in Tawila, Sudan NRC via AP The cost of sending some aid to Sudan has more than doubled due to the Iran war, as disruption to shipping increases costs and delays the delivery of supplies. The concern was expressed by the UN refugee agency this Friday (1st). The difficulties are associated with the following factors, according to the organization: increased insecurity around the main maritime routes in the Gulf, including the Strait of Hormuz; congestion at ports; increase in fuel prices; higher insurance premiums. Trending videos on g1 The ships that used to pass from Dubai through the Strait of Hormuz are being replaced by vessels coming from Europe through the Cape of Good Hope. Result: Delivery time increases by up to 25 days, UNHCR spokeswoman Carlotta Wolf told reporters in Geneva. Transportation costs to get shipments of humanitarian aid items from Dubai to Sudan and neighboring Chad, for example, have more than doubled, from $927,000 to $1.87 million, Wolf said. The UN routinely refers to the humanitarian crisis caused by the war in Sudan as the largest in the world.

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