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Situation of Persons from Darfur, Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile in Khartoum Udlændinge-, Integrations- og Boligudvalget 2015-16 UUI Alm.del Bilag 233 Offentligt 2/2016 This project is part funded by the EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund. Making management of migration flows more efficient across the European Union. Sudan Situation of Persons from Darfur, Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile in Khartoum Joint report of the Danish Immigration Service and UK Home Office fact finding missions to Khartoum, Kampala and Nairobi Conducted February – March 2016 Copenhagen, July 2016 UK Home Office Danish Immigration Service Country Policy and Information Team Ryesgade 53 Apollo House, 36 Wellesley Road 2100 Copenhagen Ø Croydon, CR9 3RR Phone: 00 45 35 36 66 00 United Kingdom Web: www.newtodenmark.dk Website:https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cou E-mail: [email protected] ntry-information-and-guidance Email: [email protected] 1 Content Disclaimer .............................................................................................................................................. 5 Abbreviations ........................................................................................................................................ 6 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 8 Executive Summary .............................................................................................................................. 10 1. Persons from Darfur and the Two Areas living in Khartoum ........................................................... 11 1.1 Population size .................................................................................................................... 11 1.2 Reasons for moving to Khartoum ....................................................................................... 11 1.2.1 Moving to Khartoum due to a local conflict ..................................................................... 12 1.3 Migration trends over time ................................................................................................. 12 2 Treatment on arrival for persons from Darfur and the Two Areas .................................................. 13 2.1 Security and immigration checks at the airport .................................................................. 13 2.2 Returning failed asylum seekers ......................................................................................... 13 2.3 Return without an exit stamp ............................................................................................. 15 2.4 Return after a long-term stay abroad ................................................................................. 15 2.5 Return with emergency travel documents ......................................................................... 15 2.6 Impact of political profile .................................................................................................... 16 2.7 Impact of ethnic affiliation .................................................................................................. 17 2.8 Impact of country of departure ........................................................................................... 17 3 Treatment of persons from Darfur and the Two Areas by the authorities....................................... 18 3.1 NISS practices and the National Security Act ...................................................................... 18 3.2 Profile of persons targeted.................................................................................................. 19 3.2.1 Trends and changes in treatment ..................................................................................... 20 3.3 Impact of ethnic and tribal affiliation.................................................................................. 21 3.4 Treatment upon arrest ........................................................................................................ 22 3.4.1 Places of detention ........................................................................................................... 22 3.4.2 Differences in treatment in detention between Khartoum and elsewhere in Sudan ...... 24 4. Living conditions in Khartoum for persons from Darfur and the Two Areas ........................................ 25 4.1 Access to documentation .................................................................................................... 25 4.2 Access to housing/accommodation .................................................................................... 25 4.3 Access to healthcare............................................................................................................ 26 4.4 Access to education ............................................................................................................. 27 2 4.5 Access to humanitarian assistance...................................................................................... 27 4.5.1 IDP camps .......................................................................................................................... 27 4.6 Access to employment ........................................................................................................ 28 4.7 Public Order Laws ................................................................................................................ 29 5. Societal treatment in Khartoum, including the prevalence of racial discrimination ............................. 30 6. Travelling from Darfur / Two Areas to Khartoum ............................................................................... 31 Appendix A: Meeting notes .................................................................................................................. 32 African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACPJS).................................................................... 32 Hamad Elgizouli Morowa, Commissioner for Refugee, Ministry of Interior ................................. 35 Crisis Group .................................................................................................................................... 36 Abdelrahman Elgasim, External Relations Secretary, Darfur Bar Association (DBA), Kampala .... 39 Darfur Bar Association (DBA), Khartoum ....................................................................................... 43 A diplomatic source ....................................................................................................................... 45 Ahmed Eltoum Salim, Director, European and African Centre (EAC) ............................................ 47 The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (EHAHRDP) .................................. 50 Faisal Elbagir, Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) ......................................................................... 52 Freedom House .............................................................................................................................. 54 A civil society NGO ......................................................................................................................... 59 Two human rights lawyers from Khartoum ................................................................................... 63 An international consultant ........................................................................................................... 68 International Organisation for Migration (IOM) ............................................................................ 70 A Khartoum based human rights organisation .............................................................................. 72 Khartoum based journalist (1) ....................................................................................................... 77 Khartoum based journalist (2) ....................................................................................................... 80 Khartoum based journalist (3) ....................................................................................................... 83 The National Human Rights Monitors Organisation (NHRMO) ..................................................... 87 A Professor in law .......................................................................................................................... 91 A regional NGO............................................................................................................................... 94 Sudan Democracy First Group (SDFG) ........................................................................................... 97 A senior staff member of an international organisation ............................................................. 100 A London based NGO ................................................................................................................... 101 A UN official ................................................................................................................................. 105 Ron Mponda, UNHCR Branch Office, Assistant Representative (International Protection), UNHCR Khartoum ..................................................................................................................................... 106 3 Western embassy (A) ................................................................................................................... 107 Western embassy (B) ..................................................................................................................
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