BBC World Service Africa
5:07 26 Apr 2019
Teklemariam Bekit
BBC Tigrinya
Eritreans at a UN-run refugee camp in eastern Sudan have complained of water and food shortages.
Some of the refugees contacted BBC Tigrinya from Shegreab camp, saying they verbally abused by UN refugee agency staff when they raised their concerns.
In its response, the agency said it does not tolerate abuse and the refugees could lodge complaints against staff members who treated them badly.
The refugees said each of them were given only a kilo of rice, pasta and sugar for a month.
Sometimes they ran out of water as the 20 litres a day they received was not enough in an area that was extremely hot and dusty, the refugees added.
Several thousand men, women and children live at the campImage caption: Several thousand men, women and children live at the camp
Contacted for comment, the UN refugee agency said fuel shortages sometimes made it difficult to transport water to the camp, but refugees received most of the time 20 litres a day in accordance with international emergency standards.
It added that there was a need to increase food aid for the refugees, but insufficient funds were available to do this.
Most of the people at the camp fled Eritrea because of the lack of political freedoms in the one-party state.