Rula Amin, the UNHCR’s Amman-based spokesperson, said she was unaware of any warning before the strike, which landed 500 meters from the main border crossing.
In a statement, the UNHCR described the humanitarian crisis in eastern Chad as reaching a “critical point”, calling for urgent international support for Sudanese refugees along the Chad border.
The Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, stressed that the October 7 operation by the movement has brought the global attention back to the Palestinian refugee issue.
The UN refugee agency has warned that the conflict in Sudan is likely to push more than one million civilians to flee their homes for neighboring countries.
At least 78 bodies have been recovered and hundreds more are feared drowned after the boat capsized in what was the worst and deadliest disaster of the year.
In a meeting with Finnish Ambassador to Tehran Kerry Kahiloto, Sadeq Rezadoust criticized Europe's inaction on its international responsibility for refugees in Iran, saying that Iran provides the most services to Afghan refugees.