News comment: UNHCR welcomes new asylum law in Chad Format Sudanese refugees sit beside their makeshift shelter in Hilouta, Chad, January 2020. © UNHCR/Aristophane Ngargoune This news comment is attributable to Millicent Mutuli, Director of the UNHCR Regional Bureau for West and Central Africa UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, commends The Republic of Chad for adopting its first-ever asylum law, which will enhance protection for the nearly 480,000 refugees currently hosted in the country. Adopted 23 December 2020, the law ensures refugees and asylum-seekers fundamental protections, including fre...