Chad's Prime Minister, Nouradine Delwa Kassire Koumakoye, has said his country cannot absorb any more refugees from the Sudanese region of Darfur.
The UN says 12,000 people fled into Chad over the weekend after attacks on villages in Darfur by Sudanese forces pursuing rebel fighters.
"We are simply demanding that they be moved, otherwise we will do it," Mr Koumakoye said.
He said Sudan was behind a failed coup attempt by rebels last week.
Mr Koumakoye, told reporters in the capital, N'Djamena, the international community should return the refugees to Sudan or move them elsewhere.
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Mr Koumakoye said: "We are being attacked by Sudan because of these refugees."
Several hundred thousand refugees live in camps near the Chad-Sudan border after fleeing the conflict in Darfur.
(BBC)
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