Since war broke out in Sudan on April 15 between the army and paramilitaries, some 200,000 Sudanese who fled their country for safety have entered Egypt, most through land border crossings.
The Egyptian authorities announced yesterday Saturday that they tightened the conditions for the entry of Sudanese nationals into the territory, as the African country is torn apart by a deadly war that is about to complete two months and has caused a serious humanitarian crisis.
Since war broke out in Sudan on April 15 between the army and paramilitaries, some 200,000 Sudanese who fled their country for safety have entered Egypt, most through land border crossings.
Egyptian authorities until yesterday exempted all Sudanese women, children under 16 and people over 50 from the requirement to secure a visa.
In a statement, the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced new procedures, with the aim of creating a “regulatory framework for the entry of Sudanese brothers into Egypt after more than 50 days of crisis” in their country.
These measures are not intended to “prevent or limit the number of Sudanese citizens entering” Egyptian territory but rather to end “illegal activities of individuals and groups” on the other side of the border who “forge visas” to secure profit, it explained. in the press release.
The war between the armed forces of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitaries of General Mohamed Hamdan Daglo’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has claimed the lives of at least 1,800 people, according to ACLED, an American NGO specializing in information on war zones. , while two million people were displaced, of which 476,000 became refugees, according to the UN.
Egypt has “hosted over 200,000 Sudanese citizens since the beginning of the crisis, who came to add to the approximately 5 million Sudanese citizens present in the country before the war,” according to the Cairo diplomacy announcement.
Sudanese media and social media users have been talking in recent days about new instructions from the Egyptian authorities at the two border crossings with Sudan, which state that “entry into Egypt is only allowed after obtaining a passport visa, regardless of age category and gender ».
Egyptian authorities added that their consulates in Sudan were provided with the “necessary electronic equipment to implement these regulations in a manner
Source :Skai
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