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| Chad 'cannot take more refugees' | Chad 'cannot take more refugees' |
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| Chad's Prime Minister, Nouradine Delwa Kassire Koumakoye, has said his country cannot absorb any more refugees from the Sudanese region of Darfur. | Chad's Prime Minister, Nouradine Delwa Kassire Koumakoye, has said his country cannot absorb any more refugees from the Sudanese region of Darfur. |
| The UN says 12,000 people fled into Chad over the weekend after attacks on villages in Darfur by Sudanese forces pursuing rebel fighters. | The UN says 12,000 people fled into Chad over the weekend after attacks on villages in Darfur by Sudanese forces pursuing rebel fighters. |
| "We are simply demanding that they be moved, otherwise we will do it," Mr Koumakoye said. | "We are simply demanding that they be moved, otherwise we will do it," Mr Koumakoye said. |
| He accuses Sudan of being behind last week's failed coup attempt by rebels. | He accuses Sudan of being behind last week's failed coup attempt by rebels. |
| Mr Koumakoye, told reporters in the capital, N'Djamena, the international community should return the refugees to Sudan or move them elsewhere. | Mr Koumakoye, told reporters in the capital, N'Djamena, the international community should return the refugees to Sudan or move them elsewhere. |
| Sudan denies being behind the rebel assault on the capital last week, which Chadian forces repulsed. | |
| Mr Koumakoye said: "We are being attacked by Sudan because of these refugees." | Mr Koumakoye said: "We are being attacked by Sudan because of these refugees." |
| United Nations | United Nations |
| An estimated quarter of a million refugees live in camps near the Chad-Sudan border after fleeing the conflict in Darfur. | An estimated quarter of a million refugees live in camps near the Chad-Sudan border after fleeing the conflict in Darfur. |
| It's not clear whether the prime minister's comments represent a concrete change in policy, or a signal of Chad's growing exasperation with the situation along its border with Sudan. | It's not clear whether the prime minister's comments represent a concrete change in policy, or a signal of Chad's growing exasperation with the situation along its border with Sudan. |
| The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, said if Chad decided on expulsions, there would be a real problem. | The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, said if Chad decided on expulsions, there would be a real problem. |
| But a UNHCR spokeswoman in eastern Chad, Annette Rehle, told the BBC that she didn't believe refugees would be moved as local Chadian authorities were continuing to co-operate. | But a UNHCR spokeswoman in eastern Chad, Annette Rehle, told the BBC that she didn't believe refugees would be moved as local Chadian authorities were continuing to co-operate. |
| A French-led European Union peacekeeping force is scheduled to deploy to eastern Chad to improve security for the refugees, but it was delayed by the offensive by Chadian rebels. | A French-led European Union peacekeeping force is scheduled to deploy to eastern Chad to improve security for the refugees, but it was delayed by the offensive by Chadian rebels. |
| The EU hopes to resume deployment in the next few days with an initial flight of logistics material. | The EU hopes to resume deployment in the next few days with an initial flight of logistics material. |