The Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has urged countries hosting Sudanese migrants to “facilitate legal migration pathways and prevent forced deportations, under the fundamental human rights principles, which form the basis of the Global Compact for Safe Migration.”
According to “Sudan News,” Hussein Al-Amin Al-Fadil, the Undersecretary of the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, delivered a speech at the “Second Regional Review Conference on the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration in the Arab Region.”
He emphasized the need to “ease the integration of Sudanese migrants into the host communities, which are brotherly societies with whom we share bonds of Arabism and history.”
Al-Fadil highlighted that “due to the war, Sudan has become one of the largest sources of migration after previously being a major host for refugees from neighboring countries.”
He noted that over 15 million Sudanese have been displaced from their homes, with the majority being women, children, and the elderly, in areas attacked by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
Earlier reports from Sudanese media indicated that 25 people, mostly women and children, including an entire family, drowned in the Nile River while attempting to escape via boat from the Abu Hajar area in Sennar State after the RSF arrived in the region.
“Sudan News” also quoted the “Sennar Youth Gathering,” which reported that “the number of civilian casualties since the RSF entered Sennar State has reached 297 people in the Jebel Moya area west of Sennar, a number likely to increase.”
The “Sennar Youth Gathering” added that “the number of displaced people from the state who have reached Al Qadarif State is estimated at around 55,000, and their situation has not yet been resolved, as the state faces a shortage of shelter centres after previously hosting 214,498 displaced persons.
Many are stranded in the villages of the Dinder area, trekking long distances on foot through difficult terrain under heavy rains.”
The gathering revealed that “the number of missing persons due to the RSF’s invasion of Sinja locality in Sennar State is estimated at around 850, who have not been able to reunite with their families due to communication difficulties and power outages in Sinja, Suki, and Dinder villages.”
Deaths have occurred due to the long walks among those with chronic illnesses and infants, with an unspecified number of fatalities resulting from the siege’s difficulty, with expectations of further deaths due to hunger and thirst, as the entire state suffers from power and water outages for the fifth consecutive day.
Previously, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported last Sunday that over 55,000 people have been displaced from Sinja city and surrounding villages in Sennar State, southern Sudan, due to ongoing clashes between the army and the RSF.
