Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/fighting-prompts-thousands-more-to-enter-darfur-camps Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript Refugees International visited several camps in Darfur, Sudan, where fighting between the government and rebel groups has forced at least 25,000 more people to flee their homes and enter the camps. Ken Bacon, President of Refugees International, talks about the continuing humanitarian crisis. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. JEFFREY BROWN: Three months ago, there was some optimistic news from the troubled Darfur region of Sudan, where more than 200,000 people have been killed and at least two million displaced in three years of fighting.A peace accord was signed on May 5th that was supposed to end fighting between rebel groups and the government-backed militia called the Janjaweed. But in recent weeks, there has been troubling news of new fighting and continued problems in the refugee camps.For an update, we turn to Kenneth Bacon, president of Refugees International, a humanitarian organization. He recently returned from Sudan.And welcome to you. Why don't we start with the situation in the refugee camps? What did you see there?KEN BACON, President of Refugees International: Well, the most disturbing thing is that the displacement is continuing and, in fact, it's increasing. Up until several months ago, displacement had pretty much stabilized. There were about two million people displaced internally. But in the last couple of weeks, the displacement has really increased: 25,000 people have been displaced in northern Darfur alone.So in the camps, particularly in the Al Salaam camp, which is in northern Darfur, we saw new arrivals who were living in the most pathetic circumstances. And we're talking about heat of between 100 and 110 degrees. They're under makeshift shelters made out of fragments of blankets, paper bags, plastic bags, et cetera, rugs, just sheltering themselves from the sun.And, of course, the rainy season is starting, so they won't have any shelter from the rains. But these people are coming in with all their possessions or anything they could carry with them, with a donkey, maybe, having walked two or three days to get to these camps. It's a very sad situation.