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The Refugees Platform in Egypt (RPE) has acquired two documents dated June 7. One is issued by the Arqeen Border Crossing management (Sudan side), while the other is issued by the Qustul-Ashkeet Crossing management, both falling under the Ground Transportation and Crossings Unit within the Sudanese Ministry of Transport. Both documents indicate the circulation of...

According to an internal publication from EgyptAir’s General Stations Administration, issued May 29, 2023, and reviewed by the Refugees Platform in Egypt (RPE), addressed to all acting general managers, station managers, and traffic officers within the company. This document includes new instructions mandated by the Egyptian General Administration of Passports, Immigration, and Nationality at Cairo...

Activists, families, and friends of stranded Sudanese individuals at the Egyptian-Sudanese borders have been appealing to the Egyptian government via social media to re-allow temporary documents’ holders to cross into Egypt. The Egyptian authorities had issued a decision on May 25th prohibiting temporary documents’ holders from crossing into Egypt, causing congestion and a crossing crisis...

The High Commissioner for Refugees stated in press statements on May 29, 2023, that the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is “trying to establish a presence on the Sudanese side,” and that “the commissioner’s team in Sudan is working to provide more support at the borders.” The statement comes during the High Commissioner’s...

On midday of May 25th, Egyptian authorities issued a decision to suspend the use of temporary travel documents for Sudanese nationals at Egyptian border crossings. These documents had been in use since the beginning of the armed conflict in Sudan, and Egyptian authorities had previously allowed holders of these documents from Sudan to enter Egypt...

The Refugees Platform in Egypt (RPE) confirmed that the Egyptian authorities have deported Chadian activist and human rights defender, Djasnan Alfred Camus, on the evening of May 22nd, 2023, to Rwanda, after he refused forced repatriation to Chad. Camus announced via his Facebook account on May 23rd his arrival in “Kigali,” reassuring the public that...

Status Report on the Period Between 22-26 April 2023: On the morning of April 24th, Egypt announced the start of evacuation procedures for its people in Sudan. According to an Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman, 436 Egyptians were evacuated through Sudan’s land borders yesterday evening. However, there are still approximately ten thousand Egyptians stranded inside Sudan...

Status Report on the Period Between 22-26 April 2023: According to different testimonies from separate movement points, we have observed a sharp increase in transportation prices for buses carrying survivors towards the borders. On April 23rd, according to the testimonies we have gathered, the cost of the trip was 40,000 Sudanese pounds per person (about...

Status report on the period between April 22nd and April 26th, 2023. In light of the severe inconsistency and spread of false and unverified information, as well as the lack of official data clarifying the procedures and conditions for entry and crossing through the Egyptian-Sudanese land crossings, here we provide a summary of the information...

The Libyan Red Crescent announced on Wednesday the recovery of 8 bodies of migrants in the Garabuli area – a coastal city located on the Mediterranean Sea in the northwest of the country, 65 kilometers away from the capital, Tripoli – and their transfer via the ambulance and emergency services, following a report from the...

Last March witnessed the deportation of large numbers of irregular migrants from Libya to Egypt through the land border crossings between the two countries. “Refugees Platform in Egypt” followed many deportation incidents and obtained lists of names of Egyptians who were deported during the past month from Libya to Egypt. (You can find the lists...