326 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<9518398277F912408A0D7F90A5C32C5B><0370C29CE4DB7442B71569190C720358>]/Index[301 51]/Info 300 0 R/Length 119/Prev 342638/Root 302 0 R/Size 352/Type/XRef/W[1 3 1]>>stream Ethiopian Asafu Alamaya (C), a 80-year-old blind woman who fled the Tigray conflict, is guided by her daughter at the Um Raquba refugee camp in Sudan's eastern Gedaref state Photo: AFP / … Importantly, Sudan is one of the major hosting countries for refugees fleeing the deadly conflict in South Sudan. Starting in 2017 there was hope among the refugees in Shagarab refugee camp, in Sudan following the reactivation of their resettlement application files to third countries. h�bbd```b``z"k�l'�*&_�HfɼL��I�z�G`�{`�/�d|{l�.���.YbGk��&��D�Hv� �`�`RH�ݽ�����qH�cP���0 �*w 0 Tens of thousands of refugees live here, after escaping mandatory, unending military service and repression in their home country. The Government's Commission for Refugees (COR) conducted most of the refugee status determinations for the new arrivals at the Wad Sherife screening center in Kassala state. • Provision of food, basic medical and other services in refugee camps kept malnutrition, morbidity and mor-• With no prospect of local integration, 508 people Situation Since 9 November, Ethiopian asylum seekers have been arriving in eastern Sudan, fleeing a military escalation … Eritrean youth at Shagarab camp in eastern Sudan's Kassala (UNHCR) In a statement on Friday , HRCE says that the young Eritreans, who were deported on the grounds of illegal entry into Sudan, are in “grave danger of imprisonment, torture, and serious maltreatment”. Meanwhile, Sudan’s government and aid organizations have finished preparations to move the refugees to a new camp west of Al-Qadarif. Prima facie refugees in Southern Sudan and Darfur could move about in the region, but risked arrest if they left those areas. Nowadays, the Hamdayet Center of Kassala hosts 28,172 refugees, in addition to 14,429 in Hashaba camp. � Comparing life in Kassala state with life in the refugee camps, the Head of UNHCR’s Kassala office, Dr. Mohamed Dualeh claims that refugees in camps in Eastern Sudan receive better services than the host communities. SUDAN-REFUGEE/ - RTS5PNH Eritrean asylum seekers rest inside a new arrivals center in Wad Sharifey refugee camp during a visit by European Union Ambassadors to the camp at Kassala State in East Sudan Eritrean asylum seekers rest inside a new arrivals center in Wad Sharifey refugee camp during a visit by European Union Ambassadors to the camp at Kassala State in East Sudan October 22, 2015. 301 0 obj <> endobj ... Shagarab is an old refugee camp and on June 5 … “Confirmed positive cases undergo isolation and, upon contact tracing, primary contacts observe quarantine, pending their test results. ��h�ixp�Ӈt mJ?�L���:��Y��>=���WJ���N��Yq�z|vF�SXsG�DћdV��� As of 13 June, nearly 80,000 Eritreans have been registered in 4 camps in Kassala, eastern Sudan. A female refugee with her children in the Bidi Bidi camp in northern Uganda. Sudan has registered more than 23,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since late October, with more than 2,000 deaths. endstream endobj startxref FILE - Ethiopians who fled fighting in the Tigray region gather to receive relief aid at the Um Rakouba camp on the Sudan-Ethiopia border, in Kassala state, Sudan, Dec. 17, 2020. The government says the move will take refugees away from the tense border area and improve security.This story has been amended to clarify the statement made by Guilia Raffaelli. More activities are being set up – such as communication with communities and the realization of isolation centers – and more funding is needed in order to ramp up the response,” said Raffaelli. East Sudan January 2019 East Sudan hosts an extensive population of refugees, asylum-seekers and other persons of concern. Alsir Khaled, head of Sudan's refugee agency in Kassala, said the total "is expected to reach 20,000 on Friday". Sudanese authorities received aid from UAE and other Arab countries to help the Ethiopian refugees in December. Refugee Camps in White Nile and East Sudan The Microsoft Excel spreads sheet contains point data on refugee camps in the states of Al Gezira, Gadaref, Kassala and White Nile. The gravity of Sudan's economic crisis has been especially felt in the eastern states of Gedaref and Kassala -- the main points of arrival for the Ethiopian refugees. Click here for a WHO Briefing Map showing Sudan States & States Capitals February 2006. ��~R��8k^�����#�����#-�o ;2��lTչ��GԺ�. For decades, it has kept its doors open to people fleeing war, hunger and hardship. $147 million needed to respond to the urgent needs of up to 100,000 Ethiopian refugees for six months . Human trafficking and kidnaps of refugees in eastern Sudan has significantly increased in the past years, the source added. h޼WmO�F�++���}quBJ���"�Q�����jbG�9��wf�$v꣆�U�z�;����g����)���p���1��(��D �KI�5�+bm �&��`����p�PL:ma��(�Q�aAY "�W����R0�(�D8#a ��E��� "And the lack of materials, PPE and equipment to enable us to really mange this outbreak and take care of people.". While continuing to receive new arrivals, East Sudan is also host to one of the most protracted refugee situations in the world with nine active refugee camps in Kassala, Al Jazeera and Gedaref States. In statements to the Sudan Tribune, al-Fatih Hamdeen, director of … April 23, 2018 (KHARTOUM) - French Ambassador to Khartoum Emmanuelle Blatmann and the French Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan, Stéphane Gruenberg Monday paid a visit to Kassala … Sudan said Thursday it would shelter thousands of Ethiopians fleeing fighting streaming across the border on foot, by bike and by boat, re-opening a 1980s camp … ... Map of Ethiopia and Sudan locating the Ethiopian region of Tigray and the Sudanese towns of Kassala … “If I had had the money, I could have bribed the policeman,” said Gimme. It continues to host refugees from Eritrea, Syria, Yemen, Chad and other countries. Refugees who waited for long in the refugee camps are the potential beneficiaries of this programme. 20,572 refugees relocated from Hamdayet and Abdrafi border crossings to Um Raquba refugee camp . Twenty years ago, Mubarek’s parents found refuge in Eastern Sudan and settled in Kilo 26 camp, Kassala State, fleeing the harsh Eritrean civil war in the mid-80s. Approximately 74,000 protracted refugees live in camps in the East, 58% of whom were born in Sudan. He was taken to the police station and then to the Shagarab refugee camp, the place he had been warned to avoid at all costs. This presentation is part of the 'Disaster Risk Management' course at The Technical University of Darmstadt in partial fulfillment of the degree of Master of Science. The vast majority of the 165 Eritreans UNHCR found in detention in November, however, held COR refugee identity documents from Kilo 26 refugee camp in Kassala state. The camp houses 25,000 people who have arrived since November, living in very basic, overcrowded conditions that present an opportunity for the coronavirus to easily spread. Exhausted Ethiopian refugees, mostly women, youths and children, arrived on foot or by bicycle and motorised rickshaw, said a correspondent for AFP in the Hamdait border area of Sudan's eastern Kassala state. Sudan said Thursday it would shelter thousands of Ethiopians fleeing fighting streaming across the border on foot, by bike and by boat, re-opening a 1980s camp … Young refugees walk to school in Shagarab refugee camp, eastern Sudan. Health observers say more money is needed due to the increasing influx and the growing risk of COVID-19. Kassala (Arabic: كسلا ‎, Tigre: ከሰላ; Italian: Cassala) is the capital of the state of Kassala in eastern Sudan.Its 2008 population was recorded to be 419,030. During the year, nearly 6,000 Eritrean refugees arrived in Sudan. The United Nations refugee agency and aid group Mercy Corps say an urgent intervention is needed to avoid a humanitarian disaster. ���`d�g�(yʄ��,g��q�d%�t�x_�N�i���X^��X��ʃ���㴌˄�b�4F��V����������]:/�b�����$]��'�ډ�����b��Ɵ����UBo�U��I��� �7�*μ�2���2^��A�X&���$���p@����%;@XP��@��t]���vWho��?�$����E6�q#z�f�l���i�)Gq�}��6�����x��_s�?���1�.����-6氺���F�U3�V�f�YW��^VEV4"? “It’s a matter of great concern for all of us — the conditions of the camp, the vulnerability of the people, the population density which make social distancing very difficult,” said Granville-Ross. More than 3 million people have fled the civil war in South Sudan since it began. Aid organizations reported four confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Sudan's Um Rakouba camp for Ethiopian refugees this week. Hundreds continue to flee Ethiopia's troubled Tigray region despite government assurances of safety back home, $156 million needed to provide aid for up to 115,000 Ethiopian refugees and 22,000 people from host countries over the next six months, Evacuations were underway when the Sudanese government announced a cross-border attack from Ethiopia, Aid Groups Warn of COVID-19 Outbreak at Ethiopian Refugee Camp in Sudan, IRC Works With Sudanese Authorities to Expand Aid Delivery to Ethiopian Refugees, UNHCR Issues Urgent Appeal for Ethiopian Refugees Fleeing Conflict in Tigray, Ethiopian Refugees Evacuate Border Camps in Sudan, World COVID-19 Infections Climb Towards 100 Million, Pride, Caution Evident in Wuhan on Lockdown Anniversary, UK Chief Scientist: Virus Variant May Be More Deadly, Vaccines Effective Against It, German Health Officials Note Optimistic Signs Despite Climbing COVID-19 Death Toll. Mercy Corps is running a health clinic in the Um Rakouba camp and has treated nearly 5,000 refugees. %PDF-1.5 %���� In October last year, the head of the Kassala state police, Maj. Gen. Yahya Hadi Suleiman as well reported an increase, and said that at least 200 people fell victim to human trafficking in the state in 2016. Built on the banks of the Gash River, it is a market town and is famous for its fruit gardens.. The Um Raquba refugee camp in eastern Sudan once housed Ethiopians fleeing famine, but now life has flooded back into the isolated camp as refugees seek safe haven from the Tigray conflict. Download this stock image: Kassala, Sudan. Sudan said Thursday it would shelter thousands of Ethiopians fleeing fighting streaming across the border on foot, by bike and by boat, re-opening a 1980s camp for victims of a historic famine. KHARTOUM - Aid workers this week confirmed several cases of COVID-19 in Sudan's camps for refugees who fled the fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray Region. Kassala is a state in Eastern Sudan. endstream endobj 302 0 obj <>/Metadata 31 0 R/Pages 299 0 R/StructTreeRoot 41 0 R/Type/Catalog>> endobj 303 0 obj <>/MediaBox[0 0 595.56 842.04]/Parent 299 0 R/Resources<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI]/XObject<>>>/Rotate 0/StructParents 0/Tabs/S/Type/Page>> endobj 304 0 obj <>stream and the regional COR office in Kassala assumed management of the asylum reception centre as well as responsibility for refugee status determination (RSD) processing in eastern Sudan. Sudan has a long-standing tradition of hosting refugees. Refugees in Shagarab camp frustrated with UNHCR resettlement programme. More than 100,000 refugees live in camps in eastern Sudan, according to the U.N. refugee agency. Although several hundred thousand people went back after independence, there are still an estimated 142,000 Eritreans in refugee camps in Kassala and Gedaref States in Sudan. %%EOF 20th July, 2017. Key figures: 54,411 refugees registered (28 December, UNHCR) . COR approved 96 percent of applications it decided, but there was a severe backlog. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR, has told the BBC that a refugee camp it operates in neighbouring Sudan was being overwhelmed with Eritrean influxes. (R8�^���k�����kH0ֺ0{��ا���Ǧ����V9��5��f���?s���7���y4�`[��8�ګ�q L�v����;wk����8�ݚ/P�c�5���۫H #?�ҶҠB�;�/���&��/z!_��|��½��_��rބ�� ���F�;���?� �m��N������u^�o�}%o^h ��=z�cl�D��y+Æ_Ƞ����L}������ Ms M�%e��v�ߊyR�~G�9`/-_��+�H7e�r4����1\��� A new refugee crisis developed in Sudan following independence of South Sudan from the north in 2011 not only because of the overwhelming numbers of those who returned to their 'new country' without the resources to provide for them but also because of the ongoing conflict around the border and internally forcing many to flee to safety. 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