Since the armed conflict broke out in Sudan on April 15, close to 3 million people have been displaced, according to a recent press release by UN migration agency IOM.

Roughly 2.2 million people have fled to other regions within Sudan and are thus considered to be internally displaced people (IDPs). Most of them fled from the states of Khartoum (67%) and Darfur (33%) to the Northern state (16%), River Nile (14%), West Darfur (7%), and the White Nile state.

While most IDPs live with the host communities, over 280,000 are staying in last resort shelters such as camps, public buildings, and improvised shelters, particularly in White Nile state, according to IOM.

Around 450,000 Sudanese refugees who fled abroad

Over 697,000 people have fled Sudan for other countries, according to the latest figures provided by IOM's Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM). They sought safety largely in Egypt (40%), Chad (28%), South Sudan (21%), Ethiopia, and the Central African Republic, according to IOM. Of the people who crossed into neighboring countries, 65% are estimated to be Sudanese and 35% returnees and third-country nationals (TCNs).

At least 24.7 million people -- about half the population of Sudan -- are in urgent need of humanitarian aid and protection, IOM said. One-third are located in Darfur, where the situation is deteriorating dramatically, according to the UN organization.

"IOM reiterates calls for a permanent ceasefire and the removal of bureaucratic impediments, to ensure safe and guaranteed humanitarian corridors and to enable the delivery of aid to people in hard-to-reach areas," said IOM MENA Regional Director, Othman Belbeisi.

IOM said that to respond to the crisis, they had scaled up operations across Sudan, Chad, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Egypt, Libya, and the Central African Republic. They said that additional funding was urgently needed to continue this work.