Sudanese refugee crisis (2023–present): Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Ongoing refugee crisis caused by the 2023Sudanese Sudancivil conflictwar}}

| title = 2023 Sudanese refugee crisis

| partof = the [[warSudanese incivil Sudanwar (20232023–present)]]

An ongoing [[refugee crisis]] began in Africa in mid-April 2023 after the outbreak of the [[WarSudanese incivil Sudanwar (20232023–present)|2023Sudanese Sudancivil conflictwar]]. By DecemberJune 2024, morearound than 12.51 million people have fled the country, while morearound than12 5million<ref>https://saharareporters.6 com/2024/06/12/sudan-worlds-largest-humanitarian-crisis-12-million-displaced-people-who</ref><ref>{{Cite hadweb |title=Survivors of Sudan’s brutal war have been internallyforgotten displaced|url=https://www.<refnrc.no/news/2024/february/chad-refugees-from-sudan/ name|access-date="africa7.1"2024-06-04 |website=NRC |language=en}}</ref> Thesehave been internally displaced within Sudan; these numbers includedinclude at least 75,000 migrant returnees and other third-country nationals, making the refugee and displacement crisis in Sudan the largest in African history.<ref name="rw618">{{Cite web |title=Sudan Emergency: Regional Refugee Response, June 2023 - Progress report |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/sudan/sudan-emergency-regional-refugee-response-june-2023-progress-report |access-date=2023-06-18|website=reliefweb.int |date=18 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Omer |first=Sevil |date=2024-03-19 |title=Sudan crisis: Facts, FAQs, and how to help |url=https://www.worldvision.org/disaster-relief-news-stories/sudan-crisis-faqs |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=World Vision |language=en-US}}</ref>

The vast majority of these civilians entered the neighboring country of Chad with the [[United Nations]] reporting most of these people came from Darfur and Khartoum, but thousands more moved to other countries. By AugustMay 2024, the UN reported at least 220675,000 refugees in South Sudan, 285500,000-550,000 in Egypt, 75,000 people in Ethiopia, 1730,000 in the Central African Republic, 414600,000 in Chad, and 3,500 in Libya.<ref name="33st">{{cite web|title=UN: One million people flee Sudan as situation ‘spirals'spirals out of control’control'|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/16/un-one-million-people-flee-sudan-as-situation-spirals-out-of-control|date=16 August 2023|work=Aljazeera|access-date=19 August 2023}}</ref> Several people were reportedly stuck or displaced across the country due to the increase in violence and a humanitarian crisis which had affected 25 million people, equivalent to more than half of Sudan’s population, across the whole country.<ref>{{cite news |date=16 June 2023 |title=As Sudan war rages, rival sides accused of looting, diverting aid|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/16/as-sudan-war-rages-rival-sides-accused-of-looting-diverting-aid|work=[[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]] |access-date=25 June 2023}}</ref>

===Internally-displaced personspeople===

The United Nations said on 23 December that the fighting in Sudan had produced 5.6 million [[internally displaced persons]].<ref name="africa7.1">{{cite web |url=https://www.africanews.com/2023/12/22/war-in-sudan-more-than-7-million-displaced-un/ |title=War in Sudan: more than 7 million displaced - UN |date=23 December 2023|website=Africanews |access-date=23 December 2023}}</ref> 1.7 million of them were reported to have from Khartoum alone.<ref name="blackout">{{Cite news |date=14 July 2023 |title=Sudan fighting sparks communications blackout in Khartoum, disease outbreaks |language=en |work=France 24 |url=https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20230714-khartoum-faces-communications-blackout-as-fighting-intensifies-in-sudan |access-date=14 July 2023}}</ref> Some of them faced difficulties such as the presence of roadblocks and robberies along the roads.<ref>{{cite news |title=A three-hour trip now takes 12 hours: AJ correspondent |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/4/20/sudan-live-news-ceasefire-falters-as-nearly-300-killed |access-date=20 April 2023 |work=[[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]] |date=20 April 2023 |archive-date=20 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420075805/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/4/20/sudan-live-news-ceasefire-falters-as-nearly-300-killed |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Norwegian Refugee Council]] said that there were about 300 refugees from Khartoum who had fled southeast to [[El-Gadarif]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Hundreds arrive in Gadarif from capital to escape fighting |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/4/23/sudan-fighting-internet-outage-reported-across-the-country |access-date=23 April 2023 |work=[[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]] |date=23 April 2023 |archive-date=23 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423073517/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/4/23/sudan-fighting-internet-outage-reported-across-the-country |url-status=live }}</ref> 3,000 refugees from Khartoum fled to [[Tunaydbah]] refugee camp, which already hosts 28,000 Ethiopian refugees, in eastern Sudan, while at least 20,000 fled to [[Wad Madani]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Humanitarian workers: Scale of displacement in Sudan difficult to measure |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/4/26/sudan-live-news-truce-violations-worsen-civilian-suffering |access-date=27 April 2023 |work=[[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]] |date=26 April 2023 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426143902/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/4/26/sudan-live-news-truce-violations-worsen-civilian-suffering |url-status=live }}</ref> Up to 260,000 people fled to [[White Nile State]], which borders South Sudan.<ref name="blackout"/> Up to 37,000 people were thought to have been displaced across Nyala, the capital of South Darfur.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sudan fighting prompts 'chaotic' wave of displacement|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/4/28/sudan-fighting-live-news-turkish-evacuation-aircraft-fired-on|access-date=28 April 2023|work=[[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]]|date=28 April 2023|archive-date=28 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428182214/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/4/28/sudan-fighting-live-news-turkish-evacuation-aircraft-fired-on|url-status=live}}</ref> The IOM said that all of Sudan's 18 states experienced displacement, with most refugees coming from Khartoum, which accounted for about 69 percent of the total number of displaced people,<ref>{{cite news |title=Sudan conflict displaces more than 5 million people: OCHA |url=https://sudantribune.com/article276994/ |access-date=8 September 2023 |agency=Sudan Tribune |date=7 September 2023}}</ref> followed by [[West Darfur]] with more than 17 percent.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sudan's raging war forces more than two million from their homes|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/14/sudans-raging-war-forces-more-than-2-million-from-their-homes |access-date=19 June 2023 |work=[[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]] |date=14 June 2023 }}</ref>

More than 32,000 people were internally displaced when fighting between the SAF and the rebel [[SPLM-N]] (al-Hilu faction) broke out in [[Blue Nile State]] in June,<ref name="victory"/> while 83,000 were displaced in South Kordofan.<ref>{{cite news |title=South Kordofan’sKordofan's displaced in Kadugli ‘denied'denied aid’aid' |url=https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/south-kordofans-displaced-in-kadugli-denied-aid |access-date=27 September 2023 |work=[[Radio Dabanga]] |date=26 September 2023 }}</ref>

More than 75,000 people fled to Ethiopia,<ref name="33st"/> including 1,400 Turkish nationals.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thousands fleeing Sudan arrive in Ethiopia |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-65394740 |access-date=27 April 2023 |work=[[BBC]] |date=27 April 2023 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426224704/https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-65394740 |url-status=live }}</ref> The country later started receiving up to 3,000 refugees when fighting between the SAF and the [[SPLM-N]] (al-Hilu) broke out in June,<ref name="victory">{{Cite news|date=28 June 2023|title=Sudan army claims victory over rebel fighters in Blue Nile region|language=en|work=[[Radio Dabanga]]|url=https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/sudan-army-claims-victory-after-battles-with-rebel-fighters-in-blue-nile-region|access-date=15 July 2023}}</ref> while 25,000 others were stranded at the Sudanese side of the border by September.<ref>{{cite news |title=CAR grapples with Sudan refugee crisis, UN chief appeals for int’lint'l aid |url=https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/car-grapples-with-sudan-refugee-crisis-un-chief-appeals-for-intl-aid |access-date=30 April 2023 |work=[[Radio Dabanga]] |date=10 September 2023}}</ref> About 17,000 people fled to the [[Central African Republic]], while at least 3,500 fled to [[Libya]].<ref name="33st"/> About 3,000 people were evacuated to [[Djibouti]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Thousands of Sudanese evacuated to Djibouti |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/4/29/sudan-fighting-live-news-battles-ongoing-despite-ceasefire |access-date=30 April 2023 |work=[[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]] |date=29 April 2023 |archive-date=29 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429224726/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/4/29/sudan-fighting-live-news-battles-ongoing-despite-ceasefire |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 7 May 2023, ''[[The Guardian]]'' reported that hundreds of [[Eritrea]]n refugees had been taken away from camps near the Eritrean-Sudanese border. Several Eritrean civilians said the [[Eritrean Army]] had taken several civilians back into the country forcefully. Some of those detained were reported to be activistspolitical refugees who had fled the [[Isaias Afwerki|dictatorshipAfwerki]] of President [[Isaias Afwerki]]regime and [[Conscription in Eritrea|forced conscription]] in the national army. 95 people were sentsentenced to prison forcefully with severe punishments ahead of them, eight being women.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Salih |first=Zeinab Mohammed |date=2023-05-07 |title=Eritrea accused of forcibly repatriating civilians caught up in Sudan fighting |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/07/eritrea-accused-of-forcibly-repatriating-civilians-caught-up-in-sudan-fighting |access-date=2023-05-07 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

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