Amid a surge in arrivals of Sudanese people fleeing the escalating conflict in Darfur and heading toward Libya, the European Union is allocating 500,000 euros in humanitarian funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) to be used to provide primary healthcare to the most vulnerable people.

The European union said in a statement on Wednesday that there were more than 1,200 Sudanese individuals entering Libya daily from Al-Kufra. This emergency intervention, funded by the EU, will last for six months and aims to reach up to 160,000 vulnerable individuals, including displaced people and Libyans alike.