Sudanese nationals whose claims for international protection were rejected prior to the current conflict may now be in need of international protection based on the changed circumstances in Sudan. Given the current volatility in Sudan, UNHCR also calls on States to suspend the issuance of negative decisions on asylum claims lodged by Sudanese nationals or stateless people who were habitually resident there. UNHCR urges that all claims of Sudanese nationals and people, including those who are stateless, who were habitual residents of Sudan, applying for international protection, be processed fairly and efficiently. We are grateful to all the neighbouring countries who have allowed them to seek safety. In addition to new internal displacement, well over 100,000 people, both Sudanese refugees and returnees, have also fled Sudan to neighbouring countries – notably Chad, South Sudan, the Central African Republic, Egypt and Ethiopia. Large numbers of civilians have been forced to flee the fighting, including people who were already internally displaced because of previous conflicts in Sudan, and refugees from other countries who had sought safety in Sudan. Since the start of the hostilities, UNHCR and humanitarian protection partners have been reporting a shocking array of humanitarian issues and human rights violations, including indiscriminate attacks causing civilian casualties and injuries, sexual violence, as well as widespread criminality and looting of civilian infrastructure including markets, hospitals, humanitarian premises and assets, and private property. This applies to Sudanese nationals, foreign nationals, including refugees who were being hosted by Sudan, stateless people, and those who are not in possession of passports or other identity documents. With the eruption of conflict on 15 April, UNHCR urges all countries to allow civilians fleeing Sudan, non-discriminatory access to their territories. It advises that people fleeing the conflict in Sudan, as well as Sudanese nationals who are outside the country and cannot return because of the conflict, may be in need of international refugee protection under international and regional legal frameworks. Ĭoncerned by the ongoing hostilities in Sudan, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has issued a new position on returns to the country.
This is a summary of what was said by Elizabeth Tan, UNHCR’s Director of International Protection – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
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