Fidesz politician calls for preventing humanitarian disaster in Chad

Hungary’s government has recognised that because the situation in central Africa impacts the future of the whole of Europe, everything possible must be done to prevent a humanitarian disaster in Chad, the state secretary responsible for aiding persecuted Christians said on Wednesday.

Tristan Azbej said in a Facebook video from Chad that he had joined the Hungary Helps humanitarian programme’s medical mission in the central African country involving doctors, health professionals, humanitarian operations managers and agriculture experts looking for ways to help the people living there and contribute to the country’s stability.

Armed conflicts are everyday occurrences in Chad’s neighbourhood, Azbej said, noting the civil war in Sudan and the recent military coup in Niger.

Chad, as the last remaining stable country in the region, is seeing an influx of people seeking safety for themselves and their families, the state secretary said, adding that about a third of the people in the country were in need of humanitarian aid given the ongoing problems related to medical care.