Deportation of Eritreans during the Sudanese civil war (2023–present)
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The deportation of Eritreans from Sudan (Tigrinya: ኣብ ሱዳን ኣብ እተገብረ ውግእ ኤርትራስ ካብ ሱዳን ምጥራዝ; Arabic: ترحيل الإريتريين من السودان خلال نزاع السودان) is the ongoing forced transfer of nearly an estimated 3,500 Eritreans and Sudanese-Eritreans from Sudan mainly at the border between both countries in the war in Sudan. On 7 May 2023, reports by The Guardian were released stating that hundreds of Eritreans had been taken away from their refugee camps near the Eritrean-Sudanese border. Several of the citizens being deported were reported to be Eritrean men who had fled the Eritrean army after being conscripted. Several women were also reported to be arrested.[2]
Deportation of Eritreans in Sudan | |
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Part of the War in Sudan (2023) | |
Location | Eritrean-Sudanese border |
Date | April or May 2023 |
Target | Eritreans and Sudanese-Eritreans |
Attack type | Forcible displacement |
Deaths | 95 Eritreans, possibly dead according to the Guardian (11 Eritreans killed in the ongoing Battle of Khartoum. [1] |
Perpetrators | Eritrean government and Eritrean army |
Motive | Getting Eritrean migrants back into Eritrea |
During conflicts, such as the series of Eritrean-Ethiopian clashes since Eritrea's invasion of Ethiopia in 1998, a significant number of migrants from Eritrea sought refuge in Sudan for safety. As a result, Sudan has accumulated a population of around 126,000 Eritrean migrants and Sudanese-Eritreans, with over 75,000 in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum.[3][4][5]